In the first European country, customers will pay for Xbox Series X a Xbox Series S higher price. Microsoft is raising the price of its next-generation consoles in Sweden. Less than a month ago, he made the same move in Japan.
Players will now pay SEK 6,195 (converted to CZK 13,289) for the Xbox Series X instead of SEK 5,695 (CZK 12,217). For the Xbox Series S, the price changes from SEK 3,595 (CZK 7,712) to SEK 3,894 (CZK 8,353), informs Gaming Deputy.
Here, the Xbox Series X is sold for CZK 13,499 and the Xbox Series S for CZK 6,990. If Microsoft raises prices here too, about 1000 CZK more is expected, or 50 euros in Slovakia.
When Microsoft raised the price in Japan by $50/euro in late January, representatives told local Famitsu: “We regularly evaluate the impact of local pricing to maintain reasonable consistency across regions. This price revision affects our customers and was difficult to make, but we will continue to deliver the ultimate Xbox experience that our customers expect.”
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Last year, Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s gaming division, guaranteed that they would not increase the price until the end of 2022, which they have kept. However, he could not guarantee what will happen in the following months and admitted that prices may rise.
“I think at some point we’re going to have to raise prices on some products, but going into Christmas this year, we thought it was very important to keep prices the same,” Spencer commented on the situation last October during WSJ Tech Live.
THE PRICE OF GAMES
Microsoft has since announced a price tag change for the games. Redfall, Forza Motorsport a Starfield will be the company’s first games to be sold for 70 dollars/euros (2099 CZK). Competitors Sony and most publishers have the same price. This is a price increase of 10 dollars/euro.
Recall that in August of last year, due to the challenging global economic situation, Sony decided to increase the price of the PS5 in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and Canada by 50 dollars/euro. She left the price the same just in the United States.