United Kingdom, Sept. 24 -- Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has accused Xbox of using tariffs as "an excuse to continue raising prices".

After Microsoft recently increased prices of its consoles due to "changes in the macroeconomic environment", Ybarra argued the move was more of a "profit issue" than one related to the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.

In a post on X, he wrote: "Console price increases are not tariff issues, they are profit issues. And the reason why profits are not where they should be is a far, far deeper issue vs. the tariff excuse."

Over the past year, Microsoft has raised the price of its flagship Xbox consoles twice, with the second increase seeing the Xbox Series X jump by $50.

He wrote: "Tar...