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Report: Next-Gen Xbox Project Helix Targets 2028 Release, Could Cost $1,200 to $1,800
Posted on 10/20/26 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 10/20/26 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 10/20/26 at 2:33 pm to LSUGent
Steam machine not looking so bad these days 
frick, I hate this brave new AI world.
frick, I hate this brave new AI world.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 2:52 pm to LSUGent
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Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console is internally projected to cost consumers between $1,200 and $1,800, unless the company decides to subsidize it, according to a new report by Fortune.
In fairness, that's a pretty big if.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 3:00 pm to LSUGent
Unless it's an upgrade from my CPU, pass and I'll keep playing my old games on xboner. And cpu
Posted on 10/20/26 at 3:49 pm to LSUGent
AI has killed the gaming industry.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 4:30 pm to LSUGent
should delay them all till 29
Posted on 10/20/26 at 4:52 pm to LSUGent
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$1,800 asking price would put it closer to high-end gaming PCs than conventional consoles.
Is that accurate? It seems RAM and GPU have driven it much higher.
I had to spec out a PC for engineering work and it was over $5000.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 5:21 pm to DarthRebel
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Is that accurate? It seems RAM and GPU have driven it much higher.
I had to spec out a PC for engineering work and it was over $5000.
Sony and Microsoft get better deals since they buy at mass quantity, but considering the insane demand on memory. storage, and silicon... those deals probably aren't much and maybe even non existent. People are still speculating how much total system memory is going to come with the new console. In a perfect world without the insane AI demand, these consoles would have 30GB + of system memory to be truly next gen and be built to last for 8+ years. But with the current demand and prices, there is speculation they might launch with around 20-24GB, which is only a modest bump compared to current gen.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 6:34 pm to LSUGent
Thats actually not a bad price considering reports that Helix will essentially be a PC. It'll play all your PC games as well as Helix specific console games. Presumably, you'll be able to boot into a Windows mode and use it just like any other Windows computer. At 1200-1800 that is not a bad price, for something with nearly top of the line performance. I would have thought it would cost more considering ram/storage prices these days.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:03 pm to Hmerly
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Helix will essentially be a PC. It'll play all your PC games as well as Helix specific console games.
That may have been the case before Asha Sharma got promoted, but there has been no official confirmation about this, and anytime Asha is asked if you can use steam on the new console, she dodges the question. All signs point to them going back to a traditional walled garden approach; at most the OS will have a desktop mode where any outside app/executable has to be approved by Microsoft to be able to installed.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 11:13 pm to LSUGent
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Report: Next-Gen Xbox Project Helix Targets 2028 Release, Could Cost $1,200 to $1,800
All I care about is if it will have a disc drive and support physical games. If so, I'm sold. Charge whatever you want. If not, it better be highly competitive with gaming PCs, and be compatible with PC gaming storefronts, or there is no chance I'm getting it.
This post was edited on 10/20/26 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 10/21/26 at 7:44 am to imjustafatkid
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All I care about is if it will have a disc drive and support physical games. If so, I'm sold. Charge whatever you want. If not, it better be highly competitive with gaming PCs, and be compatible with PC gaming storefronts, or there is no chance I'm getting it.
i'm with you. let me add steam to it and we're sold.
Posted on 10/21/26 at 8:21 am to geauxtigers87
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i'm with you. let me add steam to it and we're sold.
Yep. Consoles just aren't good enough compared to PCs for removing features to be a good idea. They need to be adding features. Making the XBOX a sleeker version of a PC that does everything a gaming PC can do, but cheaper out of the box, is a good move if they're going to be axing physical media. If they're not going to be doing that, they need to keep the physical media option available. Need one or the other, or there's just no reason to get a console instead of a gaming PC. Playstation is playing a very stupid game by removing physical media while adding nothing. We'll see if the decision-makers at Microsoft/XBOX are smart enough to realize this.
This post was edited on 10/21/26 at 8:40 am
Posted on 10/22/26 at 2:39 pm to LSUGent
Are they really going to be THAT improved over current consoles to justify this price? Some point regular families just going to say frick it and not buy at these prices. Most families already look at 500-600 bucks as kind of steep for kids to play Fortnite and madden/fifa etc.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 3:33 pm to LSUGent
Wouldn't be shocked if it actually costs like $1000 for the base model and they are leaking sticker shock numbers to try and make the increase seem more palatable.
I just don't really see a reason to own a console anymore except for the convenience of it.
I just don't really see a reason to own a console anymore except for the convenience of it.
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