Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs
Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costsImage source, Getty ImagesByLiv McMahonTechnology reporterPublished2 minutes agoMicrosoft has increased the price of Xbox consoles worldwide, citing rising memory and storage chip costs.Its premium Series X console…
- ▪Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costsImage source, Getty ImagesByLiv McMahonTechnology reporterPublished2 minutes agoMicrosoft has increased the price of Xbox consoles worldwide, citing rising memory and storage
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| Original publisher | BBC News — Tech |
| Canonical URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjlvrd9e43o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss |
| Publication time | Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:18:10 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-03T11:20:46.681Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-03T11:20:46.681Z |
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Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costsImage source, Getty ImagesByLiv McMahonTechnology reporterPublished2 minutes agoMicrosoft has increased the price of Xbox consoles worldwide, citing rising memory and storage chip costs.Its premium Series X console with a disc drive will now cost £670, when it previously retailed for £500.Meanwhile a baseline Xbox Series S console now costs £430 - a roughly 43% increase on its previous £300 price tag.It is among a host of tech firms to have told consumers that spiralling component costs mean they must charge more, with rival Sony hiking PlayStation 5 prices by £90 in March.Microsoft said in June it had "hoped another price increase would not be necessary", but blamed the rising cost of console storage and memory for needing…
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