Rumor: Xbox Consoles Could See Yet Another Price Hike Soon (1 Viewer)

[ShortieGamez]

Xbox console prices might increase soon, according to a gaming industry insider. While Xbox prices have already gone up twice in 2025 due to tariffs, the next potential increase could be attributed to an ongoing shortage and price surge in DRAM memory kits that has affected the entire tech industry.

Throughout the latter half of 2025, the prices of DRAM memory chips has skyrocketed across the board, leaving consumers priced out of buying the RAM they want. This price increase and subsequent shortage is due to an ongoing demand for DRAM by OpenAI and other AI-based companies, which has led RAM manufacturers to allocate more of their supply to power AI servers and infrastructure. As a result, consumer prices on DDR5 desktop memory kits have jumped over 200% throughout the fall. Despite some ongoing Black Friday deals on PC components in general, there is no potential relief for consumers in sight when it comes to DDR4 or DDR5 RAM kits.

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Rumor: Xbox Consoles Could See Yet Another Price Hike Soon

A gaming industry insider states that Xbox consoles could face another price increase, and lists the reason behind Microsoft's rumored decision.

gamerant.com

It is such a shame that we are seeing Xbox consoles constantly going up and down in price.

 

[Tyler]

I also had about the rumour and I think it is going to be true because of the way prices of things are going up. If this Xbox price hike actually happens, it's going to annoy a lot of people. Gaming is already expensive, and adding extra cost when the global economy is not even stable feels somehow. But this is going to affect a lot of gamers as many people already loved gamepass.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

I don't know what is really going on in the gaming industry, everything is just going up. It seems they don't want us to play game again. I'm already tired of these constant price increases. Every year is just a new excuse. At this point, it's like they're testing how far people can go before they snap.