Microsoft's next Xbox console costs $1,200-1,800 and launches in 2028
- Rating
- Rumor
- Status
- Active
- Expected
- 2028 (reported); handheld by end of 2027
- First reported
- Oct 20, 2026
- Last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Categories
- Gaming
The claim
Microsoft's Project Helix console will cost between $1,200 and $1,800 unless Microsoft subsidizes it, and will launch in 2028, with a next-generation Xbox handheld by the end of 2027.
Why we rated it Rumor
One report, from Fortune, based on unnamed sources; GameSpot, Engadget and Ars Technica relayed it. The price is a projected range that depends on whether Microsoft eats some of the cost, and memory shortages make high prices plausible. Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet disputed the same story's account of the handheld's software, though not the price or timing. Microsoft has announced no date or price.
Sources
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