1w ago

Xbox consoles are about to get more expensive

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Microsoft raises Xbox prices amid tariffs – is it time to buy?

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Only in the US and "definitely not related to tariffs trust me" 🤔
I honestly dont know a person who has the newest xbox. Im sure they exist, but they are REALLY not doing well in my opinion.
Welp we shall see if xbox will continue to be hardware or just a brand in the near future.
- If I ever cared to buy an Xbox it would be exclusively for the three following things:
  To have it as a collection item
  To use it for Microsoft Rewards
  To use it as an alternative to PC when either my brother is playing on the main computer, or to put games that I don't feel like stuffing on my PC's storage.
  And frankly, I don't think any of those reasons are truly compelling. I'd rather have a Switch 2.
  
  Except Nintendo is quite literally trying to stifle creativity in gaming with their latest patent nonsense.
  You're better off buying a Steam Deck and not giving your money to a company that is more of a patent troll farm than a games company, these days.
- I know we're hating on Xbox in this thread, but I have an XSX and I absolutely love it. I hardly buy any games outright thanks to Game Pass.
  
  Yep, I got one a couple years back to compliment my PC. Many of the games you can buy for PC and Xbox at one price, with cloud saves so you can bounce from the workstation to the TV. I don't buy many, but the few I picked up, it's nice I can leave the PC after work and relax in the living room with a huge TV for some gaming. Sure, I also have a big 165hz monitor for my PC, but sometimes you get sick of sitting in front of a computer, especially if you work from home.
- I know three people with the newest two Xboxes. I can't count the number of people I know with a PS5, though.
  I hope they keep being hardware, but don't really have a dog in the race since I moved over almost entirely to PC years ago.
  
  I just want them to make good games. It feels like Sony invests in their exclusives while Microsoft tries to cut costs and maximize profits.
- I have a Series S that I got for game pass, but after they fired the only developers that gave them a GOTY candidate, I decided to boycott them. I probably should have started when they designed an active drone campaign to murder children in Palestine.
Here we go again!
This is the first time in my life that I've seen video game console prices go up. Might even be the first time in history.
I like my Series S but I'm not using it to play new games. It's either my existing library or I'll buy cheap backwards compatible games but anything newish I don't even consider buying on Xbox anymore.
I know 1 person with an Xbox One X. For casual gamers who don’t want the hassle of a PC (he doesn’t have one at all) it’s a good option. If the rumours of M$ bringing Steam to the Xbox turn out to be true it’d make it a really good value proposition for people who just want an easy system that has, with the addition of Steam, a massive amount of content available.
Said person is in my Steam family sharing so assuming it did happen one day he’ll have up to 1,300 games available for no extra cost.
Biggest waste money this far...I wish I had stuck with the one....much better value
- Have a One, can confirm it’s everything I need. It plays every good Assassins Creed game without Uplay, and it was Chaper to get than paying for Conkers bad furday
  
  I also have a TurboGrafx 16

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