Sony announced a price increase for the PS5 in August this year, causing gamers to panic. And while Xbox has yet to follow up, Xbox boss Phil Spencer hinted at the possibility at a recent WSJ Tech Live.
Phil Spencer said in an interview: “We’ve kept the prices on consoles, we’ve kept the prices on games and subscriptions. But I don’t think we can do that forever. I agree at some point, we’re not going to be able. Not to raise the price of something.”
The good news is that while it’s unclear when and what the price of Xbox will be, it doesn’t appear to be any time soon. Because Phil Spencer also said that it is very important to maintain prices as we head into the end of year holidays. This is similar to what he said in an interview with CNBC last month after announcing the PS5 price increase. Phil Spencer said that now is not a good time to increase the price of the console.
In terms of games, after the new generation of consoles entered the market, many players have already felt the increase in the price of games. For games from first party companies Sony and some third party manufacturers, the standard price has increased from $60 / £50 has risen to $70 / £70, but Microsoft’s first party games have not risen in price so far, maintaining the price of the previous generation.
Of course, there is a reason for this. As we all know, Microsoft’s first-party games will enter Xbox Game Pass on launch day, so the most important thing is not how many game movies are sold. . Now Microsoft basically doesn’t publish game sales figures and the user population that advertises Game Pass.
Although there is no rush to increase the price, the other bad news is that Phil Spencer admits that Microsoft is still not able to meet the demand for game consoles during the year-end holidays this year, that is, the shortage of consoles ( especially XSX ) continues. .
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