Microsoft Raises the Price of Xbox Consoles and Controllers Worldwide

Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Series X|S consoles and controllers worldwide, with new first-party games also set to get a price bump starting this holiday season. In the US, the Xbox Series X now costs an extra $100 with a $550 starting price for the all-digital version.

Here are the new prices for Xbox consoles in the US, UK, and Europe:

• Xbox Series S 512 GB – $379.99/€349.99/£299.99
• Xbox Series S 1 TB GB – $429.99/€399.99/£349.99
• Xbox Series X Digital – $549.99/€549.99/£449.99
• Xbox Series X – $599.99/€599.99/£499.99
• Xbox Series X 2TB – $729.99/€699.99/£589.99

You can find the new prices for Xbox controllers and handsets below. Please note that pricing for the Xbox headsets is only changing in the US and Canada, and that the Xbox Adaptive Controller and Xbox Adaptive Joystick are not getting a price increase:

• Xbox Wireless Controller (Core) – $64.99/€64.99/£59.99
• Xbox Wireless Controller (Color) – $69.99/€69.99/£64.99
• Xbox Wireless Controller Special Edition – $79.99/€79.99/£74.99
• Xbox Wireless Controller Limited Edition – $89.99/€89.99/£74.99
• Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Core) – $149.99/€149.99/£124.99
• Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (Full) – $199.99/€199.99/£169.99
• Xbox Stereo Headset – $64.99
• Xbox Wireless Headset – $119.99

“We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made with careful consideration given market conditions and the rising cost of development. Looking ahead, we continue to focus on offering more ways to play more games across any screen and ensuring value for Xbox players,” Microsoft said in the announcement.

During the holiday season, the company plans to raise the price of some of its new first-party games to $79.99, and that will apply to both physical and digital versions. This won’t affect existing games, however, and different games and expansions will continue to be offered at a variety of price points.

These Xbox price increases come about two weeks after Sony raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles in Europe, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, but not in the US. The PS5 with a disc drive still costs $499, which is $100 cheaper than Microsoft’s Xbox Series X. At $729.99, the 2TB Xbox Series X is now more expensive than Sony’s $699.99 PlayStation 5 Pro. Xbox console sales have already been on the decline quarter after quarter, and this can only get worse with these latest price increases.

Overall, this console generation is unlike any other, as instead of seeing consoles getting cheaper over time, they’re getting more expensive. Nintendo received a lot of criticism for the $449 price of the Switch 2, but you should probably expect the PlayStation 6 and next-gen Xbox to be even more expensive than current-gen models.