Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox price increases: what they cost now

What went up, and when

Nintendo announced on May 7, 2026 that the Switch 2 would go from $449.99 to $499.99 in the US on September 1, “in response to various changes in market conditions, which are expected to extend over the medium to long term.” The console had launched at $449.99 on June 5, 2025, beside a Mario Kart World bundle at $499.99. The first Nintendo Switch kept its price.

Sony raised the PS5 twice in eight months, both times on the PlayStation Blog. From August 21, 2025 its US prices were $549.99 for the PS5, $499.99 for the Digital Edition and $749.99 for the PS5 Pro; from April 2, 2026 they are $649.99, $599.99 and $899.99, for “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.” The second increase also took the PlayStation Portal from $199.99, its price since its November 2023 launch, to $249.99. The PS5 launched in 2020 at $499.99, the Digital Edition at $399.99.

Microsoft raised its US console prices on October 3, 2025, the Series X to $649.99 and the Series S to $399.99, and again on August 1, 2026, by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB ones. That puts the Series X at $799.99, the Series X Digital Edition at $749.99 and the 512GB Series S at $499.99; the 2TB model was dropped. Xbox said console memory and storage had become “more than 2.5x” as expensive, and that it expects “another doubling by the fall of 2027.” The Series X launched at $499.99 in November 2020, the Series S at $299.99.

Has any of them been cheaper since?

A list price is where a retailer starts, not what it must charge, so the table sets each new list price against what Amazon charges today and the lowest new price we have recorded since the increase. Our record of these consoles begins in mid-September 2026, after all three increases, so it shows what they have cost since and nothing from before.

Much of it is not Amazon’s own stock. On October 16, 2026 Amazon itself sold the Switch 2; every other console we price came from a third-party seller, named under its price. A reseller can ask well over the maker’s price, or now and then a little under it, and the page for each console sets its price against the maker’s.

Paying less than the new price

Renewed: Amazon Renewed consoles are inspected and tested, most come with a 90-day return period, and they usually cost less than new, though on consoles often not by much; our guide to Amazon Renewed compares the two model by model. Microsoft says it is working with retailers to sell previously played consoles for less, and its own store sells certified refurbished Xbox consoles for up to $100 off.

A sale starts from the new list price. A Switch 2 at $449.99 on Black Friday would be its old price, not a discount on it; none of the three makers has announced a cut.