Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft Are All Raising Gaming Console Prices by Up to $150 in an Unprecedented 3-Way Shift

The gaming industry is facing an unusual shift as Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft move away from the traditional expectation that console hardware becomes cheaper as a generation progresses. Instead, all three major platform holders have raised prices amid growing pressure from memory and storage costs, with the AI data-center boom increasingly affecting consumer electronics. Nintendo’s Switch 2 is set to increase from $449.99 to $499.99 in the U.S. on September 1, while Microsoft raised Xbox console prices by $100 for…