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302 Video games' soaring prices have a cost beyond your wallet - the concept of ownership itself

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Chris Tapsell @ Eurogamer.net · 05/22/2025 07:36 EDT

Video games' soaring prices have a cost beyond your wallet - the concept of ownership itself

Earlier this month, Microsoft bumped up the prices of its entire range of Xbox consoles, first-party video games, and most (or in the US, all) of its accessories. It comes a few weeks after Nintendo revealed a £396 Switch 2, with £75 copies of its own first-party fare in Mario Kart World, and a few months after Sony launched the exorbitant £700 PS5 Pro (stand and disc drive not included), a £40 price rise for its all-digital console in the UK, the second of this generation, and news that it's considering ev

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