It feels so weird to have console prices go up mid cycle. Inflation I guess or they just can't handle the loss leader anymore? Actually I suspect they are just pricing what they think the market will pay. I mean other hardware has gotten cheaper. My CPU and GPU I got last year have fallen a good 30% and they are budget products not the high end. Xbox manufacturing can't drop too with no new tech? Whatever though. This gen pushed me back to PC anyway and I'm not swapping out my Xbox One X anytime soon console wise.
Game Pass on the other hand, I do have that. I'd converted a bunch of Black Friday XB Live time originally. Last year I finally had to add on, got a BF deal $95 for the year. If that's still a thing I do it. If I'm forced to $200 a year the value won't be there.
It feels so weird to have console prices go up mid cycle. Inflation I guess or they just can't handle the loss leader anymore? Actually I suspect they are just pricing what they think the market will pay. I mean other hardware has gotten cheaper. My CPU and GPU I got last year have fallen a good 30% and they are budget products not the high end. Xbox manufacturing can't drop too with no new tech? Whatever though. This gen pushed me back to PC anyway and I'm not swapping out my Xbox One X anytime soon console wise.
Game Pass on the other hand, I do have that. I'd converted a bunch of Black Friday XB Live time originally. Last year I finally had to add on, got a BF deal $95 for the year. If that's still a thing I do it. If I'm forced to $200 a year the value won't be there.