Yesterday there was a price increase for the PlayStation 5 in all regions except the US by 50 euros (here 1000 CZK) for the console with a Blu-ray drive and the digital version without it. How will the competition react?
In a statement to the UK edition of Eurogamer, Microsoft confirmed that The retail price of the next generation Xbox will remain the same.i.e. €499.99 for Xbox Series X and €299.99 for Xbox Series S.
Of course, this does not exclude a possible increase in the future. This will likely depend on how inflation and the situation in individual markets around the world develop. The Xbox Series X is currently 50 euros cheaper than the PS5 competitor with mechanics.
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It’s entirely possible that Microsoft will first want to take advantage of this to lure indecisive gamers to their console. However, analyst Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere doesn’t expect PS5’s higher price to affect sales.
Demand for the PlayStation 5 should remain strong, he said, and a 10 percent price increase would have a minimal impact. Sony recently said it wants to sell 18 million PS5 consoles in the current fiscal year.
The situation has already been commented on. Nintendo, which tracks component costs and inflation, but doesn’t want to raise the amount the Switch hybrid console sells for. For this reason, the Japanese company has prepared a smaller box so that more items can fit on the pallet, which reduces the shipping cost.
Source :Indian TV
