The Xbox Series X disc console is $799.99 on the official Microsoft Store. I checked the US listing after August 1. The 1TB digital edition is $749.99. The Series S 512GB is $499.99. Those are the live US dollar tags, not a screenshot someone rounded for a headline.
Xbox Wire posted the change on June 25, 2026. The effective date was August 1, 2026. I went back to that post and then to the store. The increments Xbox wrote down are the ones the catalog is now charging.
$100 on the 512GB. $150 on the 1TB.
The official language is specific. “The price of XBOX consoles will increase by US$100 for 512 GB models and US$150 for 1 TB models. We will also be sunsetting our 2 TB model.” That is the whole hardware table. Series X 1TB Carbon Black, the disc box, moved $150 to $799.99. Series X 1TB Digital Edition in Robot White moved $150 to $749.99. Series S 512GB moved $100 to $499.99. The Series S 1TB White listing I can confirm on the same Microsoft catalog is $599.99, which is the 1TB increment again.
The 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition is the SKU they are sunsetting. Xbox Wire does not attach a new dollar figure to it. I am not going to invent one. If you still see a 2TB on a shelf, treat it as leftover stock, not a new price Microsoft published.
Memory Cost 2.5 Times What It Was
The reason they give is parts, not a new chassis. “Unfortunately, console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027.” They also remind you that last October they already raised US console prices by $20 to $70, and that they hoped this one would not be necessary. Consoles, they write, are typically sold for less than they cost to make. That sentence is doing the work of a spreadsheet they are not showing you.
I am not going to turn fall 2027 into a next-box date. Xbox did not. Fall 2027 in that post is a cost warning. It is the second doubling they say they expect on storage and memory, on top of the 2.5x they already paid. Keep it in the bill of materials, where they put it.
The Financing Is the Soft Landing
The same post lists the programs they want sitting next to the new tags. Buy Now, Pay Later on eligible Xbox hardware through Microsoft Stores, in short-term interest-free installments. Interest-free financing with partners at 0% APR for up to 12 months. Previously played consoles through retail trade-in partners. Certified refurbished consoles at Microsoft Stores for up to $100 off MSRP. Payment options vary by region. Credit is from third parties. Terms apply. That is their language, and I am leaving the asterisks on it.
Xbox still calls Series S the lowest-cost way onto this year’s big console list. The names in that sentence are official: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Gears of War: E-Day, Grand Theft Auto VI, Halo: Campaign Evolved, and Madden NFL 27. None of those titles change the hardware prices. They are the argument for why the cheaper box still exists.
The primary source is the June 25 Xbox Wire price update. The numbers I am standing on are the US Microsoft Store SKUs that flipped on August 1. Watch @Xbox for the North American account. If a retailer is still showing last month’s tag, the official US answer as of August 1 is $799.99 for the disc Series X, $749.99 for the digital 1TB, and $499.99 for the Series S 512GB.