Doctor_MG said:
Microsoft said the console will be "very premium, very high end". Because this will be functioning as a PC as well, it will have access to all of the other storefronts. This means that MS can't take a huge loss on the product because there is no guarantee of making the loss up with software sales. Now take the state of the world into account. The cost of RAM is exploding due to AI. Tariffs are still having an impact on the market. The 2TB Series X already costs $800 in the US. I can't see this new Xbox Helix console being anything below $1,000. |
Xbox users barely buy games, Xbox money is made on services mostly. In this case Game Pass and in game purchases of live service games. They can still make a decent degree of profit from both and sell Their hardware at a slightly loss (<50 USD) at first until they get production right and reduce it to zero
Now, being "ultra premium" is another matter. It will depends on whether this is just PR speech or if they really want high-end PC levels of horse power
