Microsoft is raising Xbox console prices globally starting August 1, with 512GB models increasing by $100 and 1TB versions seeing a $150 hike.

Just hours after Apple increased its hardware prices across the board, Microsoft is doing the same with its Xbox consoles. For the third time.

The increase is the latest price hike after Xbox consoles prices rose $20 to $70 last year.

Xbox consoles will increase by $100 to $150 on August 1, pushing the Series X to $800. Microsoft blames memory costs that have more than doubled.

Xbox blames the memory shortage for the price hike.

The latest console price hike is coming from Microsoft, with Xbox Series X|S being hit by another major increase.

Microsoft said it's increasing the price of Xbox game consoles after Apple announced price hikes for MacBooks and iPads.

Microsoft said memory and storage prices have increased by "more than 2.5x" and it expects "another doubling by the fall of 2027."

And it comes just when you thought you'd buy an Xbox to play 'GTA VI.'

June 25 : Microsoft's Xbox is raising prices of its gaming consoles by up to $150 worldwide, citing a deepening global components crisis that has sent storage and memory costs…

Xbox is hiking the prices of its X and S gaming consoles by more than $100 across models, the Microsoft-owned company announced Thursday.

Get the 2 TB version while stocks last, as it'll vanish quickly at the current $799.99.

Microsoft justifica el aumento del precio a la crisis global de componentes y al encarecimiento de la memoria RAM

Microsoft erhöht die Preise der Xbox-Konsolen weltweit zum 1. August. Das Modell mit 2 TByte Speicher wird eingestellt. Euro-Preise für Deutschland fehlen noch.

La compañía también argumentó que el fuerte aumento en el costo de chips de memorias y otros componentes la obligó a subir el precio.

Groups representing automakers, retailers, electronics firms and others had warned earlier this month that the increasing demand for memory chips could lead to dramatic price…

The price increase comes amid rising components costs.

Microsoft's XBOX will raise console prices by up to $150 from August 2026 due to rising component costs, while adding financing and trade-in options.

El gigante tecnológico Microsoft anunció este jueves que subirá el precio de sus consolas Xbox debido al encarecimiento de sus componentes.

Os preços subirão US$ 100 para os modelos de Xbox de 512 gigabytes e US$ 150 para os modelos de 1 terabyte, a partir de 1º de agosto

El precio de estas consolas aumentará en todo el mundo 100 dólares en el caso de los modelos de 512 gigabytes y 150 dólares para los de 1 terabyte.