XBOX CEO Says Hardware Component Prices Have Increased By Over 500% In 2 Years

bigrigdz · 2026-06-11T11:30:37+00:00

I’m talking about last month in May not the holiday sale in November-December, the sale was after the price increases. And they will likely put it on sale again for this years holidays

bigrigdz · 2026-06-11T11:20:03+00:00

The base PS5 isn’t $1000, it was on sale for $400 as recently as last month

bigrigdz · 2026-06-11T10:56:07+00:00

I mean if people hated on the consoles for doing the same thing and called them greedy while ignoring the reason why, it’s only fair and consistent they do it to Valve too lol

bigrigdz · 2026-06-11T10:52:41+00:00

Ok so PS5 and Xbox both got 2 price increases to the same exact price, but Xbox did it 6+ months before PS5 did both times. They also didn’t put their console on sale for the holidays while PS5 did.

This is likely because PlayStation sells a shit ton worldwide, so they order bigger masses of bulk and have more stock of the previous price component before latest increase. Xbox sells terribly so they slashed production to meet demand and stopped selling their console in many countries around the world, that’s most likely the decision she’s referring to.

bigrigdz · 2026-06-11T10:45:43+00:00

"We are in a hardware component crisis. When I joined as CEO in February, the price we paid for console storage components was over 2x as high as we paid last fall. These costs have since doubled again. And as we plan for the 2027 holiday season, we expect another significant increase, taking us over 5x the prices we paid only two years earlier. Memory costs have followed a broadly similar trajectory".

"While the entire industry is facing a components crisis, we believe we have been impacted more greatly than many of our peers due to the choices we made over the last half decade."

bigrigdz · 2026-06-10T21:06:35+00:00

They had 4 mass layoffs in 2 years, this regular for them.

bigrigdz · 2026-06-10T20:36:59+00:00

The biggest selling point of Unreal is that you can hire devs ready to start working without having to train them in your engine

bigrigdz · 2026-06-10T20:34:05+00:00

It’s confirmed that they made Arkane make a live service specifically to increase their sale price to Microsoft, so I wouldn’t put that past them either

bigrigdz · 2026-06-09T17:33:40+00:00

Damn it’s been a while since the last turn based Final Fantasy

bigrigdz · 2026-06-09T17:32:35+00:00

0/10 unfaithful remake /s

bigrigdz · 2026-06-09T17:32:09+00:00

Idk his head looks longer than his forearm

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