Microsoft raises Xbox prices by $100 amid AI memory crisis
Microsoft raises Xbox prices by $100 amid AI memory crisis AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory chips, and your next console or laptop is paying the price Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team Jun. The base 512GB models jump by $100, while higher-storage configurations climb by as much as $150, pushing certain Series X setups close to $800. The company is also killing the 2TB Xbox model entirely.
- ▪Microsoft raises Xbox prices by $100 amid AI memory crisis AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory chips, and your next console or laptop is paying the price Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team Jun.
- ▪The base 512GB models jump by $100, while higher-storage configurations climb by as much as $150, pushing certain Series X setups close to $800.
- ▪The company is also killing the 2TB Xbox model entirely.
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Microsoft raises Xbox prices by $100 amid AI memory crisis AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory chips, and your next console or laptop is paying the price Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team Jun. 25, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); Microsoft just slapped another $100 to $150 on every Xbox Series X|S console, effective August 1.
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