Historically, PC games have been cheaper than their console counterparts. The fact Microsoft is also publishing its games on Steam and the Microsoft Store for PC creates a deeper price disparity. If Microsoft sticks to the $60 price for games, it becomes a point of differentiation that could be attractive to consumers, especially in territories where the price hike is deeper, like the EU. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) Microsoft can eat those costs more easily than Sony can, but at least in theory, wouldn't a $70 Halo Infinite give Xbox more resources to reinvest in 343i, and increase the cadence of fresh content? Potential pros of sticking to $60 This has more to do with subsidizing the hardware, which Sony and Microsoft both are most likely selling at a loss. Typically platform holders don't set the price of third-party games, and there's no indication that Sony has increased its cut of its collaborator's revenues. That indicates to me that this increase is specifically for games Sony is publishing, such as Demon's Souls, which is $70.

There are screenshots floating around of PS5 games being more expensive than the equivalent Xbox Series X game, although when doing my own searches, I found that the major third-party multiplatform games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077 seem to be the same price across the board. Naturally, Sony, Microsoft, and other platform holders take a cut of games sold through their platforms.

Source: Windows Central Microsoft's next-gen controllers are also cheaper than Sony's.

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