Xbox Series X Isn't Worth $600, So It's Definitely Not Worth Over $700

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Peter Hunt Szpytek

Published May 7, 2025

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Discussing value is always a tricky thing. Conversations abou♋t whether something ꦆis priced fairly always need to be cuffed with a ‘to me’, but as someone who writes about games and gaming hardware for a living, I do a lot of product recommendations, so I’ve got a solid gꦚrip on how the average person is going to⭕ react to value propositions.

That said, after the announcement that Microsoft would be raising the price of all its gaming hardware, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the launch model Xbox Series X now c𒊎osts $600 and the 2TB version costs $730. The consoles aꦏre simply not worth that price.

The Problem With Console Prices

Pricing gaming hardware is a challenge for platform holders. By and large, console manufacturers do not make money selling consoles. In fact, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:they’re usually sold at a loss. From the business side of things, it makes sense that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Microsoft would want to decrease its losses on its consoleﷺs (or, even better, actually make a profit) during a time of increased inflation and financial instability. However, the business perspective of how much a console should cost is very different from the consumer perspective.

Asking $500 for a current-era game console is a lot, but when a person sits back and thinks about how much value they’ll likely get out of one if they’re an average gamer, it’s relatively easy to justify buying one. The $500 price tag of the launch model 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X was high, but not unreasonable. $600 is a different st🌳ory. $730 is a whole different book.

Is The Xbox Series X Worth $600?

The Xbox Series X isn’t worth $600. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:It’s a solid console, but nothing particularly special. Its specs can justify being priced at $500, but it’s almost five years old, which means its hardware is starting to get outdated in comparison to the current slate of modern components. As it continues to age, its specs will start looking worse and worse – tech is typically not something that gains value with time if it stands still.

Based on its specs, $600 is a tall or꧋der for the console, but its GPU and other components aren’t the only reason why a $600 price tag is outrageousꦗ. Usually, a person isn’t just buying an Xbox and calling it a day, they have to buy some games to play on it. While there are plenty of great free-to-play titles, a person is probably going to spend anywhere from $50 to $100 on every game, making the total transaction potentially cost upwards of $750 when factoring in taxes.

It could be lower 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:if a person primarily plays free-to-play title﷽s or subscribes to Game Pass inste🍨ad of buying games, but with all of that considered and tax slapped on top, a new Xbox is still going to cost over $650. That is a frankly 🍌astounding amount of money to be asked to pay in order to play on five-year-old hardware.

The Xbox Series X Is Not Worth $730

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🍸It’s downright offensive to be asked to pay well ov𝓡er $750 for the same thing with an extra terabyte of storage. I have used my Xbox Series X as my primary gaming console since 2020 with the standard 1TB hard drive and never faced an issue with storage space. While I understand why someone would want to have 2TB, paying $730 – pre-tax, pre-Game Pass, pre-video games – is absolutely not worth it.

People were mad about the $700 price tag on the PlayStation 5 Pro, a brand-new console with better specs than the Series X, and now Xbox wants people to pay even mꦑore for far les𝄹s. The Xbox Series X was worth $500 to me in 2020. Now, nearly five years later, with inflation, a quickly rising cost of living, and the price of games inc꧑reasing to $80༺ across the board, an Xbox is certainly not worth $600. It’s not even a question if it’s worth $730.Do yourself a favor: buy used.