Microsoft raises Xbox console prices for the second time this year

Here we go again

Higher than usual inflation can help explain some of the nominal price increases for the oldest Xbox consoles affected by today’s price hikes. The $300 for an Xbox Series S at launch in November 2020 is worth roughly $375 in August 2025 dollars, for instance. And the $500 for an Xbox Series X in 2020 is now worth about $625.

But the particularly sharp price increases for more recent Xbox configurations can’t really use that inflation excuse. The disc-drive-free…