Microsoft Raising Prices on New, First-Party Games Built for Xbox Series X|S to $70 in 2023 - IGN

Updated:

Dec 5, 2022 6:05 pm

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Dec 5, 2022 6:00 pm

Xbox is preparing to articulation different large games publishers successful raising the prices of its large caller first-party titles from $60 to $70.

Beginning successful 2023, games built for Xbox Series X|S including Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield volition outgo $69.99 USD astatine launch. While Xbox has noted that determination pricing whitethorn differ, it has not yet fixed specifics for different countries.

"This terms reflects the content, scale, and method complexity of these titles," a Microsoft spokesperson told IGN. "As with each games developed by our teams astatine Xbox, they volition besides beryllium disposable with Game Pass the aforesaid time they launch.”

The terms summation is unsurprising, fixed that earlier this twelvemonth Xbox caput Phil Spencer said that the institution wouldn't beryllium capable to clasp its prices forever, but that Xbox would not rise prices up of the 2023 vacation season. Xbox is besides not the archetypal institution to person done this — Sony, Ubisoft, and Take-Two Interactive person announced $70 terms points for definite caller games, and Sony specifically has reported discussed raising that terms adjacent higher.

As for whether this volition mean Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S volition besides get much expensive, it's hard to say. The PlayStation 5 already got deed with a terms increase successful a fig of countries, and Nintendo has said it's not ruling retired an summation connected the Switch successful the future. When Sony announced its console terms hike, Microsoft clarified that it had nary plans to bash the aforesaid for its existent Xboxes, thing that Spencer reiterated successful September.

However, successful October, Spencer's phrasing was a spot different. "We've held terms connected our console, we've held terms connected games, and our subscription," helium said. "I don't deliberation we'll beryllium capable to bash that forever. I bash deliberation astatine immoderate constituent we'll person to rise immoderate prices connected definite things."

IGN reached retired to Xbox for remark connected imaginable console terms increases, but the institution declined to comment.

Full terms for large caller video games has remained dependable astatine $60 since the Xbox 360/PS3 era, anterior to which astir games outgo $50. Companies expanding prices present person cited factors specified arsenic accrued improvement costs and ongoing ostentation arsenic cardinal reasons down the jump.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a quality newsman for IGN. You tin find her connected Twitter @duckvalentine.