Microsoft Announces Increase In Price Of Xbox Series X | S For Japan: What This Could Mean For Other Regions

It is not only the price of its games that Microsoft will increase in 2023, its consoles too.

In an article posted by Fujitsu, we find out that the American giant will increase by 5,000 yen ($50) the rate of its Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S from February 17 on Japanese soil. The Xbox Series X will go from 54,978 yen to 59,978 yen, while the Xbox Series S will provide a rate of 32,278 yen instead of the 37,978 yen. Obviously, Microsoft accompanied this announcement by a press release in which he explains having actually carefully assessed the state of the marketplace in Japan, and decided to modify the retail rate of Xbox consoles in the country, before adding: We regularly assess The impact of local prices in order to maintain affordable consistency in between regions. This price modification impacts our consumers and was a challenging choice to make, however in the future we will continue to provide the ultimate Xbox experience to which Our customers expect.

6 months after the increase in the PS5 and having actually explained that the price of its consoles were not going to increase in 2022, Microsoft therefore aligned itself with this economic circumstance which pushes big groups to examine their total rates.

Of course, if Japan is the very first nation impacted by this inflation, there is no doubt that the remainder of the countries will also be affected by this $50/ EUR 50 boost in the coming months...