Discussion What will be the price of the next xbox

[marees]

Kepler says $1200
Adroc says $600

Assuming performance is around a 5070 ti super, & launching in H1 2027, what do you think the price will be

 

[DAPUNISHER]

$1200 sounds about right for the primo model. The pleb version could be well under a thousand, $699 maybe?

 

[ToTTenTranz]

$1200 sounds about right for the primo model. The pleb version could be well under a thousand, $699 maybe?

What distinguishes pleb from primo versions? Only adequate parameter would be storage size, otherwise you're splitting the performance targets for devs. At that point, it can't even be called Xbox anymore.

 

[marees]

What distinguishes pleb from primo versions? Only adequate parameter would be storage size, otherwise you're splitting the performance targets for devs. At that point, it can't even be called Xbox anymore.

The way the rdna 5 chiplets are rumoured to be designed we have

1. Xbox magnus — AT2 (70xt)
2. Medusa halo — AT3 (60xt)
3. Medusa premium — AT4 (50xt)

As per adroc Medusa halo devices will be costlier than the xbox magnus. & I agree, as they will go into premium devices such as RoG flow & framework PC etc.

What you are left with is the medusa Premium. This will have 1/3rd the power of Xbox magnus & expect to go into handhelds as the z3 extreme apu. Since handhelds will also come with a built-in display & controller they will cost $1000 or more, just like the rog Xbox Ally X costs today

So there will be 2 consoles just like the series X & series S

1. Magnus — targets 4k gaming
2. Medusa Premium — targets handheld PC gaming

 

[marees]

So both @adroc_thurston & @Kepler_L2 are right at the same time !?
What the hell !!??

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50M chips for Magnus sounds a lot, guess that's the prices to pay for off-the-shelf and up-to-date silicons.

The most interesting question is how Microsoft going to segment two consoles:

• Xbox Console: Closed system running Xbox Games only. Should be aggressive price to compete with PS6
• Xbox Hybrid Console: Open system running Windows + Copilot (NPU) just like Ally. Able to run Steam, EPIC etc.

 

[adroc_thurston]

So both @adroc_thurston & @Kepler_L2 are right at the same time !?

if the Actual Real xbawks died you'd see layoffs at MS gaming div wrt to Xbox CoreOS (or whatever the hell their usermode stuff is called there. I forgot) and friends.

 

[marees]

I voted 900. Because I think Microsoft will subsidize a bit

I now expect first party console to be dual boot to either Xbox mode or windows mode

But 3rd party (if it exists) will be pure windows (can't play console exclusives) similar to the rog xbox Ally models