Microsoft speaks plain language: Xbox games are so expensive
Everything gets more expensive. Video games are not spared either. Microsoft is now announcing higher prices for Xbox games. Sony has already done it with the PlayStation and the games that go with it.
Xbox games will be more expensive in the future
In October, Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer emphasized in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that they had been playing the Prices have remained stable for both the console and the games and subscription services. However, he does not believe that the company will be able to pull this off for much longer.
It really wasn’t that long, because Microsoft is now announcing one price increase on. While waiting until after the holidays to increase prices to make it easier for families this holiday season, starting in 2023, “new full-price games built for next-gen, including Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield, will be priced at $69.99.” be available on all platforms,” says Spencer (source: IGN).
That means an increase of $10 respectively 10 Euro. However, the price reflects the content, scope and technical complexity of these titles. Xbox Game Pass owners will still be offered the games as a subscription service when they launch.
It is still unclear whether the prices for the consoles and the Xbox Game Pass will also be increased in the future not sure.
By the way, Monster Hunter Rise will also be released for the Xbox in January:
The PlayStation 5 has already done it
In the past, companies like Sony, Take-Two, Activision Blizzard and EA have already increased the prices for games. In August, the announcement followed that the PlayStation console will also be more expensive, both versions each for 50 euros. Microsoft has so far rejected a price increase for console hardware – the Xbox group is probably trying to recover the costs by increasing software prices.
The reasons for price increases in gaming software are always the same. One is usually increased development costs and the other is high inflation rates and unfavorable currency trends.
