And why did they increases the prices in Europe? What was the reason? Someone remind if me if the same case was for PS4/X1.
The so called "inflation". :/
But it was quite comical because at first Sony did it for the PS5 standard and digital 499 to 549 and 399 to 449, huge shitstorm, Phil Spencer saying :
"I can definitely say we have no plans today to raise the price of our consoles," he said. "We think in a time when our customers are more economically challenged and uncertain than ever, we don't think it's the right move for us at this point to be raising price on our consoles."
It was in September 2022. In June 2023, less than a year later, Xbox Series X price rose, from 499 to 549. Just like the PS5. The XSS price didn't move though.
Still baffles me, Sony move wasn't nice but it was understandable, and they are popular so... Rising the price won't change anything to their popularity in Europe (and I can confirm it didn't), but in Europe the Xbox doesn't sell, it never did except the 360, and they're like "mmmh we don't sell in Europe, what to do... Oh I've an idea, let's rise the price".