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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by GayTuckerCarlson@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

This is the 3rd price increase in 13 months

Xbox console price rises June 2026:

Xbox Series S 512GB: $399.99 ---> $499.99
Xbox Series S 1TB: $449.99 ---> $599.99
Xbox Series X 1TB Digital: $599.99 ---> $749.99
Xbox Series X 1TB: $649.99 ---> $799.99
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[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 17 hours ago

If the steam box comes down like a couple hundred it'll somehow still be competitive with a half decade old console generation.

That's terrifying. They really don't want people to own hardware do they.

[-] Moomoo_Milk@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago

Legitimately this is how you get a lot of people to hate AI. Or at least I hope it does. I am sure a lot of individuals out there are ignorant as to why prices are increasing or that they’re increasing at all.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago

I wouldn't hold my breath, there are plenty of folks who still think "endless shrimp" was why Red Lobster went bankrupt.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 22 points 3 days ago

Or that online shopping is why Toys R Us went under (in reality, Toys R Us got in on online retail pretty early, way earlier than most retailers, and actually sold pretty well online.)

[-] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

Gandalf’s reinforcements at helm’s deep but it’s the gamergate YouTubers.

[-] RION@hexbear.net 22 points 3 days ago

Back in my day hardware prices used to go down over time sicko-wistful

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago

Imagine a world where nobody can afford anything, but the line keeps going up because machines talk to machines that talk to machines and somehow that magically creates value. In this imaginary world, we can do this forever, exponentially, without limit.

This is the world tech CEOs live in

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

Imagine a world where nobody can afford anything

anakin-padme-2 So gommulism?

anakin-padme-4 It's gommulism, right?

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 17 hours ago

Hotpotatoism

[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago
[-] BattleshipPokemon@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

They targeted gamers. Gamers!

[-] 9to5@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

the most oppressed minority of them all angry-hex

this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2026
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