Microsoft has increased the price of Xbox consoles worldwide, citing rising memory and storage chip costs. Its premium Series X console with a disc drive will now cost £670, when it previously retailed for £500. Meanwhile a baseline Xbox Series S console now costs £430 - a roughly 43% increase on its previous £300 price tag. X user @BlackPanthaa called the new Xbox Series S price "absolutely disgusting", while a Reddit user said it was "highway robbery for a console released 6 years ago". Advertisement AdvertisementSome fear console prices - which have essentially been raised across the board in recent months - could go higher still.