Not long ago and nothing, Sony surprised us with a move that for some may even be insulting. The PlayStation 5 is going up in price after two years on the market. This sets a pretty bad precedent where underpriced hardware now costs more than it did when it hit the market. The worst is it only increases prices in certain markets where it is a leader, such as in Europe, but not in the United States, where you have to compete with Xbox.
We have already had an official response from Microsoft in this regard. Those in Redmond have assured that they have not planned a price increase for either of their two models, and hope to be able to service more machines by the end of the year. Which is great news for those who want to get into the current generation.
Phil Spencer thinks the price hike is a bad move
However, despite the response being made by a company representative with the authority to do so, there was no statement or a few words with anything more “shisha” by Microsoft’s gaming division. . So the words that Phil Spencer left us yesterday about itmay be those statements we needed to be calm.
The official criticizes the price hike in a veiled way, so much so that he says it is not the right decision now that the crisis is hitting users. That’s what he told CNBC.
We are always evaluating our business in the future. I don’t think there’s anything we can say we’ll ever do, but when we look at our consoles today, we think value is incredibly important. We like the Series S’s position in the market, which is our lowest-priced console. More than half of our new players we find come through S-series.
And I can certainly say that we have no intention today of increasing the price of our consoles. At a time when our customers are more financially challenged and less secure than ever, we don’t believe it’s the right decision for us to raise console prices at this time.
The Xbox Series S is a great value console, with capabilities to power today’s games like ray tracing. Added to Xbox Game Pass it’s almost the perfect combo of this generation.
