OREANDA-NEWS The cost of game consoles from Microsoft and Sony in Russia for the first time became lower than it was at the start of sales in 2020. 

So, initially the Xbox Series X console cost 45.5 thousand rubles, in 2021 it rose to 50 thousand. The price increase peaked in January 2022 (up to 60 thousand rubles), now it can be found for 40 thousand.

Its direct competitor, PlayStation, has also fallen in price from a maximum price of 70 thousand to 48 thousand rubles. The reason for this, retail chains call the saturation of the market and the reduction of customer demand.

Earlier, experts of the Digital Foundry project criticized the new PlayStation console, which was announced at the end of May. According to the authors, the Project Q console has little autonomy and is useless without the PS5.