Xbox Series X/S Consoles Just Got Even More Expensive Yet Again

Published Jun 25, 2026, 1:27 PM EDT

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Microsoft has announced another round of price increases for the Xbox Series X/S consoles, which will go into effect on August 1. While gamers are used to seeing the price of video game systems drop throughout a console generation, the opposite has been the case over the last few years. The price increases for video game consoles are a direct result of companies pushing to expand AI, which has led to much higher demand for RAM.

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The price of Xbox Series X/S 512 GB models will increase by $100, while the 1 TB models will see a price increase of $150. Microsoft has also announced plans to sunset the 2 TB model. The price of Xbox consoles was raised last fall, and the company had apparently hoped to avoid another round of increases. In a press release, Xbox said that the price of memory and storage have both gone up 2.5x, and the company expects it to double again in the fall of 2026.