{"id":56277,"date":"2022-08-25T18:54:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-responds-to-playstations-price-hike\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T18:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T18:54:05","slug":"xbox-responds-to-playstations-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-responds-to-playstations-price-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox responds to PlayStation&#8217;s price hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The PlayStation 5 is Xbox&#8217;s primary competitor in the console gaming space.<\/li>\n<li>Today, Sony announced that the PS5 will received a price increase in major markets, including Japan and the UK<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft has issued a statement to us to say that there are no plans to follow suit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today, Sony dropped something of an unexpected surprise on the video game industry with the announcement that it plans to raise prices of the PlayStation 5 in several key markets.  The price hikes run as high as 20% or more in some regions.  The company cited economic pressure and inflation as the key driver behind its decision.<\/p>\n<p>Since that announcement, Xbox fans and commentators from across the gaming sphere have wondered if Microsoft would follow suit with the Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S. Microsoft has won a lot of ground in the current console generation by focusing on value via Xbox Game Pass , and the more affordable Xbox Series S, which targets 1080p while bringing next-gen speeds.  One could argue it would blow a bit of a hole in that argument if Microsoft raised its console prices at a time when families are struggling in a tough economy, and it would seem that Microsoft agrees.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>In a statement to Windows Central, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that there are no plans to raise the price of the Xbox Series X or the Xbox Series S, reiterating that they will remain at their baseline RRPs in various currencies, including USD, GBP, and EUR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are constantly evaluating our business to offer our fans great gaming options.  Our Xbox Series S suggested retail price remains at $299 (\u00a3250, \u20ac300) the Xbox Series X is $499 (\u00a3450, \u20ac500).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While this isn&#8217;t a hard guarantee that we will never see a price hike for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles, it&#8217;s certainly an encouraging sign that Microsoft has no intentions to do so in the short term.  It&#8217;s certainly a fact that markets across the world are reeling from disrupted supply chains and inflation as a result of the global pandemic.  The UK is expected to hit an unprecedented 18% inflation milestone, for example, with currencies in the Eurozone also impacted due to disruptions in the energy sector due to Russia&#8217;s war of aggression in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n{n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}\n;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1765793593738454');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know The PlayStation 5 is Xbox&#8217;s primary competitor in the console gaming space. Today, Sony announced that the PS5 will received a price increase in major markets, including Japan and the UK Microsoft has issued a statement to us to say that there are no plans to follow suit. Today, Sony &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-responds-to-playstations-price-hike\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Xbox responds to PlayStation&#8217;s price hike<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56464,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/microsoft-wont-raise-console-prices-despite-ps5-hike\/","url_meta":{"origin":56277,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft Won&#8217;t Raise Console Prices Despite PS5 Hike","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Image: Xbox \/ Nintendo \/ Sony \/ Kotaku \/ toastphoto (Shutterstock)Earlier today, Sony announced that in most regions, the PlayStation 5 would see a price increase as a result of inflation. 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