Microsoft Hikes US Xbox Prices Citing Economic Environment (xbox.com)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/09/19/1918240/microsoft-hikes-us-xbox-prices-citing-economic-environment
- Source link: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/console/may-2025-pricing-updates
[1] https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/console/may-2025-pricing-updates
[2] https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/05/01/143211/microsoft-hikes-xbox-console-prices-by-up-to-100-games-to-hit-80
Two Price Hikes in Half a Year? (Score:2)
Is anyone else tired of winning yet?
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In which case, some shelves are going to be empty.
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Small price to pay for being the "hottest country" which the President has repeated several times, including recently to the King of England. Definitely not embarrassing and cringe.
If our new speech enforcement teams are are reading this please note i said *not* cringe and i *definitely* am not using sarcasm.
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Fortunately you don't need either meat or gasoline.
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At this rate we'll be hearing those words from Immortan Joe in 18 months
Funny (Score:2)
"Microsoft cited macroeconomic changes for the increases. Console prices outside the US and controller and headset prices domestically remain unchanged."
Funny that these mysterious and unmentioned macroeconomic forces are only effected the US.
It's absolutely horrifying how so many of our country's companies and institutions are censoring what they're saying out of fear of our current administration. When has it ever been a rare thing for American companies to blame the government for things like this? It ev
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> Nowadays though everyone is afraid to do anything that might bring the wrath of Trump.
Fear will keep the local corporations in line. Fear of this battle DOJ...
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The more fuckwits who capitulate, the more pressure there will be on those who resist. This orange-utan is almost 80 years old and has spent his life eating like a child whose parents were out of town while doing as little exercise as possible. It's three more years at most - have some fucking self-respect and call his bullshit out for what it is. It's not like most Americans don't already know what's going on deep down inside.
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> It's not like most Americans don't already know what's going on deep down inside.
Most Americans don't know jack about shit. Ignorance is a virtue here. Why are you trying to hard to read that, are you some kind of fag?
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Where was Admiral Ackbar to warn us all during the last election?
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Working for the feckless Disney CEO.
"Economic Environment" (Score:3)
a.k.a the Trump Tariffs. a.k.a Trumpflation.
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> a.k.a the Trump Tariffs. a.k.a Trumpflation.
Make it an Xbox game -- try to import things while avoiding / minimizing tariffs.
(Ironically, there will probably be a tariff on the game.)
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Speak for yourself, I am planning to offset the costs by having my child work at the definitely opening USA Xbox factory opening next year.
Macroeconomic (Score:1)
> Microsoft cited macroeconomic changes for the increases.
"Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole."
Or in this case, more like a hole, amirite? Tariffs away! BOOM BOOM BOOM
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Trumpanomics.
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Oh no. The game playing machine I want costs more. I might actually have to do something productive.