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Everything's going up in price for gamers

"Market conditions" aka Trump's tariffs likely the main culprit

May 07, 2025
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Credit: Vincent Chang/Can Buy or Not

Console gaming is about to get more expensive. Microsoft recently announced a price hike for Xbox consoles, controllers, and games. From a whopping US$100 increase for the Xbox Series X console to new Xbox games going up by US$10 to US$80 (and matching the revised prices of games for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2), i…

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