The price of Xbox consoles skyrockets in Europe: the Series X now costs 200 euros more

Xbox ha officially increased the price of its consoles in Europe, so the Series X and S models will cost up to 200 euros more both in disc and digital formats, reaching 799.99 euros in its most expensive version.

After announcing its intention to raise the prices of its consoles starting August 1, Microsoft has fulfilled its forecasts and has Xbox Europe page updated with the new official prices for its gaming devices, although with a greater increase than expected, since it had initially reported that it would be between 100 and 150 dollars, but this margin has been exceeded.

According to its sales page, the change to euros has left the price of the base model Xbox Series S (512 GB) at 499.99 euros instead of the previous 349.99 euros, and the 1 TB variant reaches 599.99 euros from 399.99 euros.

that increase of 200 euros It is repeated in the rest of the models. The Xbox Series reaches 799.99 euros compared to the previous 599.99 euros.

“We hoped that another price increase would not be necessary, and we have spent the last few months working with suppliers to look for options. Unfortunately, Storage and memory prices for consoles have multiplied by more than 2.5 and we expect them to double again by fall 2027,” Xbox said in the announcement it published on its website in June and which focuses on another possible increase for next year.

It is not the only manufacturer that has announced price increases and both Sony and Valve have joined them, with its Steam Machine, which at its launch already warned that its high price was due to the global crisis due to the high demand for RAM and chips.