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Component costs are rising and demand for more memory is increasing, so next-gen gaming gear will likely cost substantially more. But Microsoft’s Xbox Project Helix and the leaked RTX 5080 24GB graphics card from NVIDIA show how uncertain hardware prices will be.

Rising memory and storage prices are creating new challenges for the next generation of gaming consoles. Reports suggest RAM and NVMe storage alone could account for $680 of the PlayStation 6’s bill of materials, raising concerns about system design, GPU performance, and pricing. Rising expenses might also affect Microsoft’s Project Helix and shift the competitive…

Between $1,200 and $1,800. That’s the internal price projection Microsoft has reportedly attached to Project Helix, its next-generation Xbox console, according to a Fortune profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, as reported by Ars Technica and Video Games Chronicle. Microsoft has not confirmed a retail price or a launch date. What the company has confirmed…

Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console could come with a hefty price tag, while a new handheld may arrive a year earlier. Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console, codenamed Project Helix, could reportedly cost as much as US$1,800 when it launches in 2028. The company is also said to be planning a new handheld gaming device for 2027, potentially…

A new report has suggested that Project Helix, which is the current codename of Xbox’s upcoming console, could end up costing nearly $2,000. Over the past two years, prices for tech components have skyrocketed, which has led to manufacturers like Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo being forced to increase the cost of their various platforms. As…

Project Helix could cost $1,600-$1,800 if Microsoft sells it without a subsidy, potentially making it the first profitable Xbox console. Microsoft’s plans remain unclear, and the price estimate comes amid record-low Xbox hardware revenue and reports of a handheld targeting 2027.

Xbox is in a rebuilding phase. The platform’s leaders have repeatedly made clear that “console” remains “core” to Microsoft’s gaming business. But according to a new report from Fortune, those consoles are about to start costing as much as $1,800 if the tech giant declines to subsidize next-gen hardware.

Microsoft’s Project Helix is a console gaming project that could change the landscape of console gaming by combining the flexibility of a gaming PC with the convenience of an Xbox. If you have an Xbox Series S and a mid-range PC, a single device that replaces both might appeal to you. But its success will…

First, PlayStation and Xbox took sides over physical versus digital games. Then, the two consoles took sides over Hideo Kojima. Now, according to hardware leaker KeplerL2, the rumored Xbox Helix could be getting yet another advantage over the PlayStation 6: this time over raw graphics-computing capacity. In a NeoGAF discussion documented by VideoCardz.com, KeplerL2 said…

In September 2026, AMD leaker Kepler_L2 released a set of numbers. The PS6’s FP32 compute is 40 TFLOPS. Xbox Helix’s is 56 TFLOPS. On paper, that is a 40% gap. The RTX 5080, a current high-end desktop GPU, has an FP32 compute of roughly 56.28 TFLOPS and sells for nearly 10,000 yuan. The PS6’s 40…