Apocalypse for 38 thousand: Russia sharply raised prices for Xbox Series S and gamepads

Apocalypse for 38 thousand: Russia sharply raised prices for Xbox Series S and gamepads
Published by 30 Jan, 2022 0 likes

Against the backdrop of a shortage of "hardware" and the weakening of the ruble, retail chains in Russia have sharply raised prices for consoles, accessories and even games. This is reported by users of social networks.

In particular, M.Video is now selling a new version of the Xbox controller for an astronomical 9,199 rubles. In Eldorado and 1C Interest , they ask for 5,399 rubles for him. Players report that in a number of other stores for a gamepad they also ask for around 10 thousand rubles

As for consoles, Eldorado Xbox Series S series-s-512gb-rrs-00011/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> sell for as much as 37,999 rubles (out of stock), while for the Xbox Series X they ask for 49,999 rubles (out of stock) At the same time, the distribution network does not sell PS4, PS4 Pro, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox One X consoles.

On the site "M.Video" you can not see the prices of the consoles of the past and new generations, since they are not available now.

Note that Microsoft has not announced a change in the official recommended prices for its products. Presumably, the initiative comes from the stores themselves.

The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics cards also sold out instantly this week. This was not even affected by the fact that they are not suitable for cryptocurrency mining.

Graphics accelerators almost immediately they began to resell, only the indignant community organized a flash mob on Avito, posting ads urging them not to buy the RTX 3050 from resellers.

Update. Representatives of "Mvideo" said that retail prices for branded products Xbox has not changed. According to preliminary data, we are talking about an error on the store's website.

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