Last night, Microsoft suddenly announced the price of Xbox Series consoles around the world. The rising Xbox Series X, the 2TB version, costs $729.99, which is more than the PS5 Pro (the default 2TB hard drive is $699.99, and the optical drive needs to be purchased separately), but the performance is not as good as the latter.
On foreign forums, a user posted a thankful statement that it was fortunate that Xbox Game Pass did not raise prices with this wave of hardware.But industry insiders 602 replied with a slightly sarcastic sentence: I’m so sarcastic.Is it implying that Xbox Game Pass will also rise in the future?
If it does go up, it will be the second price increase for Xbox Game Pass in the year.The last price increase was in September 2024.
Some users on social media expressed dissatisfaction with Xbox, believing that the Xbox Series X lost its attractiveness after losing its price advantage when its performance was not as good as the PS5 Pro.For example, some users mentioned that "spend $700 to buy a PS5 Pro at least get better performance, and there is almost no reason to choose it after the price increase of the Xbox Series X."
The PS5 Pro GPU has a performance of 16.7TF and is equipped with an upgraded GPU (the rendering speed is 45% faster than the standard version of PS5), supporting higher resolution and frame count.The Xbox Series X has a 12 TF GPU performance and a slightly higher CPU frequency (3.8GHz versus PS5 Pro 3.5GHz), but in actual gaming performance, the optimizations of the PS5 Pro (such as PSSR technology and stronger ray tracing) make it better in visual effects and smoothness.
After Xbox price increases, a former IGN reporter said that this is forcing me to buy PS5 Pro by myself.
In addition to consoles, Microsoft also previews that some first-party games on Xbox are also planning to increase their price to $80 during the Christmas holiday. In comparison, the price of PS5 first-party games is $70.
It is worth mentioning that in mid-April this year, Sony announced that the price increase of PS5 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.Only the digital version of the PS5 has increased in the UK and Europe, and the prices of the optical drive version and PS5 Pro remain unchanged.
The PS5 Pro optical drive needs to be purchased separately, and the official price is $79.99.In the UK, the price was £99.99, but as of April 15, 2025, the price in the UK has permanently dropped to £69.99.
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