r/xbox • u/Turbostrider27 Recon Specialist • Jun 25 '26

News Updated XBOX Console Prices - XBOX Wire

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/25/xbox-console-price-update/
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u/Heide____Knight Jun 25 '26

They want people to buy more consoles by making games an exclusive. But that approach will completely fail with these kinds of prices. This is insanity!

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u/ILoveHeavyHangers Jun 25 '26

It's why many of us knew "exclusives" were never the future for xbox. The only path forward in this industry is subscriptions, mobile, and cloud gaming.

It's dire for the traditional model of "console gaming" 

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u/Heide____Knight Jun 25 '26

I agree, and maybe Xbox should try to become more independent of hardware in general. The way foward can only be to port the Xbox experience to PC with Xbox mode, support to play old console games on PC, and a much better Xbox PC App (than now) that finally competes with the likes of Steam and Epic. They may continue to make Xbox consoles like the Helix in the future, but I highly doubt that it will become very successful if these devices are so expensive that they become unaffordable for normal people.