TL;DR: Microsoft has increased Xbox Series X/S development kit prices by $500 to $2,000 due to rising hardware costs, reflecting macroeconomic challenges. While commercial developers face higher fees, ...

Game development is a business that's only continued to get more and more expensive over the years, with part of that cost coming from the price of development kits — specialized hardware that studios ...

Microsoft has announced that it will raise the price of Xbox development kits once again, citing “macroeconomic conditions” as the reason. This move could significantly affect the cost of development ...

Microsoft has been on quite a roll, increasing Xbox console prices and then subscriptions, both of which were met with a mass exodus of gamers leaving the Xbox cult. And it seems to be a bit of a “How ...

Xbox has found yet another way to raise prices, this time by increasing the cost of its Xbox Development Kit from $1,500 to $2,000. This 33% price hike, first reported by The Verge, is the latest in a ...