Summary
Less than a year after its infamously high-priced launch, thePlayStation 5 Prois no longer the most expensive console on the market thanks toXbox’s recent price hikes.
As anyone who saw the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World’s reveal is well aware of by now, gaming is set to get more expensive than it’s ever been. Ignoring the endless arguments about inflation that really end up meaning nothing, it seems likegames are heading towards $80 as the new norm, and consoles aren’t far behind either.
This was clear from the momentNintendo revealed its price points for the Switch 2, but it was compounded even further yesterday when Xbox confirmed that it’s going to beraising the price of pretty much all of its products, from games and controllers to the Xbox consoles themselves. Beyond being gutting to see, it also broke a depressing record that PlayStation previously held.
The PS5 Pro Isn’t The Most Costly Console Anymore
Congrats, Xbox?
Back when it launched last year,the PS5 Pro cost an eye-watering $699.99, something that put off a lot of playerseven with PlayStation’s assurance that the high-powered console was worth it. That now seems a tiny bit more palatable, asXbox’s price hikes mean that one of its consoles has now replaced the PS5 Proas the most expensive on the market.
As pointed out by Push Square, the rising cost of Xbox products includes its already heftily-priced 2TB Xbox Series X Galaxy Black, which is going from an already pricey $599.99 to a frankly absurd $729.99. That means that Xbox now has the most expensive console, as the Xbox Series X Galaxy Black is now a whole $30 more than the PS5 Pro.
Push Square notes that this is only in the US, as the PS5 Pro still goes for £699.99 here and the Xbox Series X Galaxy Black has risen to £589.99 with the price changes.
Considering how old the Xbox Series X is now, though, it’s a little wild that Microsoft is charging so much more for it compared to the mid-gen upgrade that is the PS5 Pro. It’s also worth keeping in mind that this doesn’t seem like it’s going to be the case for much longer, as PlayStation is bound to react to the “challenging market” soon itself and change the price of most of its products too.
