It's funny tho. Europe has no new tariffs against China or other countries from where the consoles come. Yet, they raise prices for us too. Well, what to say if not fuck you, microsoft and fuck you magastan? I'm not gonna pay for the tariffs an asshole who's not my president put in place in a country which is not mine.
this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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It’s weird because you’d expect a glut of items that would have gone to the USA, therefore the price should _decrease _ for the rest of the world…
I wonder what the “business reason” is beyond just making more money. Could they be hoping to make up lost revenue in America by raising prices elsewhere? Seems daft.
Maybe they don't want Americans to buy from those alternative sources either, e.g. ask my brother to pick up one of those cheap European consoles then figure out a way around the region lock.
For once that it favours us Europeans…
It’s like clockwork. You give capitalists an opportunity to mask a price hike under the guise of something else, and they’ll take it every single time. Money is the only language they speak.
Which is why competition matters, buy Japanese Playstation or Steam deck even better
Sony was the first to put up their prices.
Except in the US. Wondering if they’ll pull the trigger on raising the US price now too
Buddy Japan is the one that started it. Nintendo raised their prices for switch 2 last month.
TRUMP TAX
China is going to pay for it, just like Mexico paid for the wall.
These consoles are old, should be going down in price not up.
I switched to Linux for my gaming needs two months ago, so please just go ahead, Microsoft.
I mean, even if you still used windows, the Xbox prices wouldn't matter for you in any way if you aren't interested in Xbox-Consoles.
Yeah, but that wouldn't give us an opportunity to evangelize.
Been gaming exclusively on GNU for 7 years now, BTW.
MS studio games will go up in price regardless of platforms, count on it
It's telling that they are going up globally and not just in the US.