A new report claims that Microsoft will launch their new Xbox console in 2028 – but it could set you back as much as $1800.
Last year, former Xbox boss Sarah Bond said “the next-gen console is going to be a very premium, very high-end curated experience.” She also said the new Xbox would “deliver the next generation of graphics innovation [and] unlock a deeper level of visual quality, immersive gameplay and player experiences enhanced with the power of AI.” The comments about a “very high-end” experience sparked rumours that the new Xbox could cost as much as $1000.
In March, new Xbox chief Asha Sharma officially confirmed that the new console would be known as Project Helix and said she was hoping to make it “affordable”.
A few months later though, she admitted that Microsoft were struggling to keep the costs down due to a “hardware component crisis,” known by many as “RAMmageddon”, with the cost of memory chips rapidly increasing as more resources are being used in AI data centres. Sharma also told Fortune that the next generation of Xbox might not offer “the most premium, high-performance” because “we’ve reached a point where it will be hard to imagine that mass audiences can afford thousands of dollars to spend on a console.”
However a new report from Fortune claims that Microsoft is currently looking at charging customers between $1200 and $1800 for Project Helix consoles, though they might decide to “subside” that cost.
