The Verge⁠72%

Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170 ⁠79%

By Terrence O'Brien⁠75%

8/2/2026, 9:14:20 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 23.2% saturation with 54 hits. Analysis detected 297 faulty-reasoning hits from 233 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 63.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (6,054 of 27,712 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 78.20% of the article peer group.

When Microsoft announced its latest round of Xbox price bumps in June, it only gave US pricing. 
Now we know the pricing increases for the EU and UK, and they’re dramatic. 
Depending on the model, Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170. 
The 1TB Xbox Series X with a disc drive is going up by over 30 percent from £499.99 / €599.99 to £669.99 / €799.99. 
The 512GB Xbox Series S is getting a price increase of over 43 percent, jumping from £299.99 / €349.99 to £429.99 / €499.99. 
While other consoles have received price bumps as RAM and storage prices skyrocket due to demand from the AI industry, none have been quite as dramatic as Microsoft’s. 
This is the third round of price increases since May of 2025, with the highest-end model now costing $300 more than its launch price of $499.99 in 2020. 
The 2TB model is also being retired in the face of the storage crunch. 
Here’s the full list of price changes: 
> 512GB Xbox Series S was €349.99 / £299.99, now €499.99 / £429.99 
> 1TB Xbox Series S was €399.99 / £349.99, now €599.99 / £519.99 
> 1TB Xbox Series X Digital was €549.99 / £449.99, now €749.99 / £619.99 
> 1TB Xbox Series X Disc was €599.99 / £499.99, now €799.99 / £669.99 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 3.9%The Verge: 3.1%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 23.2%Terrence O'Brien: 1.7%The Verge: 1.4%Anchoring Bias23.2%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 3.4%The Verge: 3.3%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 12.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.8%The Verge: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic12.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.9%The Verge: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.8%The Verge: 1.6%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 8.9%The Verge: 5.3%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 20.2%Terrence O'Brien: 0.9%The Verge: 0.9%Loss Aversion20.2%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.4%The Verge: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.2%The Verge: 3.8%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 6.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.7%The Verge: 2.1%Pessimism Bias6.0%This article: 18.0%Terrence O'Brien: 11.0%The Verge: 8.4%Negativity Bias18.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.8%The Verge: 1.5%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.6%The Verge: 0.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.3%The Verge: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.5%The Verge: 2.5%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.5%The Verge: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 12.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.3%The Verge: 1.6%Recency Bias12.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.8%The Verge: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.9%The Verge: 0.9%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.8%The Verge: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 5.3%The Verge: 3.3%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.0%The Verge: 1.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.4%The Verge: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.4%The Verge: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 5.4%The Verge: 6.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.1%The Verge: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 5.6%The Verge: 3.5%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.3%The Verge: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 6.0%Terrence O'Brien: 3.2%The Verge: 2.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)6.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.2%The Verge: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.4%The Verge: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.2%The Verge: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.4%The Verge: 3.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.1%The Verge: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 12.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.3%The Verge: 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)12.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.1%The Verge: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.2%The Verge: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.2%The Verge: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.8%The Verge: 2.3%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.4%The Verge: 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 18.0%Terrence O'Brien: 10.4%The Verge: 9.4%Biased Writer Voice18.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.7%The Verge: 0.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.9%The Verge: 1.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.1%The Verge: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 3.1%The Verge: 3.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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