{"id":10526,"date":"2022-09-16T20:11:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T18:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2022\/09\/16\/microsoft-does-not-plan-to-raise-xbox-prices\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T22:15:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:15:18","slug":"microsoft-does-not-plan-to-raise-xbox-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2022\/09\/16\/microsoft-does-not-plan-to-raise-xbox-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Does Not Plan To Raise Xbox Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony raised the prices of its PS5 systems, and it\u2019s been the target of a bunch of ridicule from the gaming community and from other gaming companies. Because of this news, Nintendo announced that it\u2019s not going to raise Switch prices, and Microsoft just did the same. CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, stated that Xbox systems will not see a price hike.<br \/>\nThis is good news for people who\u2019ve been pining for one of these systems since they were announced. Getting an Xbox Series X\/S, PS5, or even a Nintendo Switch has been a chore due to the pandemic, the chip shortage, and far-too-many scalpers on the market.<br \/>\nThis was only made worse by the fact that Sony announced a price hike on the PS5 systems. Some markets outside of the US saw a price increase of around $35.34 in the UK, $49.99 across Europe, and $75.52 in Japan. These values are rough conversions to USD.<br \/>\nThere won\u2019t be a price hike for Xbox consoles<br \/>\nPhile Sencer spoke with CNBC recently about Xbox and some of the company\u2019s future plans, and the issue of price came up. The interviewer asked if Microsoft wanted to follow in Sony\u2019s footsteps, and Spencer responded with some good news.<br \/>\n\u201cWe think value\u2019s incredibly important\u2026 I can definitely say we have no plans, today, to raise the price of our console.\u201d That\u2019s fortunate for anyone who wants to invest in getting an Xbox in the near future.<br \/>\nBut, what about later in the timeline?<br \/>\nSpencer\u2019s comment is good news for people who want to get a console soon, but there was more to his response. It doesn\u2019t hint at a potential price hike, but it does let us know that the future is unclear, even for Microsoft.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re always evaluating our business going forward\u2026 I don\u2019t think we can ever say, on anything, that we will never do something\u201d. This is similar to what Nintendo said about Switch prices. The economy is in a tough spot, so it\u2019s hard to say what will happen down the road. Phil Spencer said that \u201ctoday\u201d, the company doesn\u2019t have any plans to up the Xbox prices, but that doesn\u2019t mean that it won\u2019t down the road.<br \/>\nPrices for all sorts of products and services are going up nowadays, and this doesn\u2019t seem to be ending soon. Any company keeping their devices at their original prices is handling a ticking timebomb. The Nintendo Switch came out back in 2017. How long can the company keep it at its current price? No one knows.<br \/>\nIn any case, if you\u2019re looking to get an Xbox system, then now\u2019s the time to start making preparations. We don\u2019t know how long these prices are going to last.<br \/>\nThe post Microsoft Does Not Plan To Raise Xbox Prices appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Xbox-Series-X-Review-4.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony raised the prices of its PS5 systems, and it\u2019s been the target of a bunch of ridicule from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":10527,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10528,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10526\/revisions\/10528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}