Back in August, Sony announced Increase the price of the PlayStation 5 digital and standard console by £30/€50.At the time, Microsoft and Nintendo announced they had no plans to follow suit, but prices for the Xbox Series S/X last month raised in japan。
Now it seems that the price increase has also reached Europe, because in Sweden microsoft store , the Xbox Series X increased by SEK 500 (£40/€50) and is now priced at SEK 6,195 (£498/€561), with the Xbox Series S also getting a slightly smaller increase. The high price tag is partly due to Sweden’s so-called chemical tax on all electronics (by comparison, the PlayStation 5 costs 7,290 kroner), but the increase is likely a combination of the highest inflation in the EU and a weak Swedish currency.
At the time of writing, it’s unclear if other countries will follow suit, but it feels like price increases are getting closer in our region as well.
