It’s time to break it down for ya
You know they say that all consoles are created equal, but you look at Xbox in 2025 and you look at Xbox in 2020 and you can see that statement is not true.
See, normally if you go one on one with another console at launch, you got a 50/50 chance of lowering your price over time. But the tariffs are economic freaks and they’re not normal! So you got a 57.6% tariff, AT BEST, to ADD to an Xbox coming into the US from China. Then when you add reciprocal tariffs and the price of adding CoPilot Gaming to the mix, your chances of holding a price drastically go down.
See, the 3-way at the store between Xbox and Nintendo and PlayStation, you got a 33 1/3 % chance of making a sale, but Nintendo and PlayStation together got a 66 and 2/3 % chance of making a sale. See, Nintendo has a 0% tariff price change on the Switch 2, and Sony has only raised their prices by $50, or around 11%.
So Xbox, you take your 57.6 % tariffs, minus the 0% from Nintendo and Sony’s 11% and maybe you got 46.5%. But then you take that 46.5% and subtract Sony and Nintendo’s 66 and 2/3 % chance of making a sale, and you actually got a NEGATIVE 20.1% chance of selling an Xbox. That means you have to give them away, because no one will buy them.
See Xbox, the numbers don’t lie, and they spell disaster for you at retail.
Holla if you hear that.
Or you’ll see it on October 3, when the prices go live.
XBOX SERIES S
- 512GB: $299 launch in 2020, $379 increase in May 2025, now $399
- 1TB: $349 launch in 2023, $429 in May 2025, now $449
XBOX SERIES X
- Digital: $449 at launch in 2024, $549 in May 2025, now $599
- 1TB: $499 at launch in 2020, $599 in May 2025, now $649
- 2TB Galaxy Special Edition: $599 at launch in 2024, $729 in May 2025, now $799
ROG XBOX ALLY and ROG XBOX ALLY X
- No prices confirmed yet, but probably OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE LIKE THAT HOTTIE IN YOUR MATH CLASS