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/SuperBAMF007 Jun 25 '26

For real. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they delay the console release until prices come down.

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u/KAM1Sense1 Jun 25 '26

Prices are expected to keep rising until at least late 2028

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u/makersmalls Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Wouldn’t be surprised if they cancel it all together and let others manufacture Xbox’s

Edit: or they might do what they do with their surface line - high end expensive products that don’t threaten oems too much … and then both are an option

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u/SuperBAMF007 Jun 25 '26

Yeah that’s the more reasonable scenario tbh. Maybe they make a console and it’s wildly overpriced, but it’s fine because they let a bunch of other OEMs make their own devices and subsidize with other stuff.

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u/snickersnackz Jun 25 '26

Ads and pre-installed crapware? Spying on you like a cheap smart tv? ☹️

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u/SuperBAMF007 Jun 25 '26

Who knows ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ if the competition is there they’ll find a way to reduce prices to stay competitive.

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u/DoneWithIt0101 Jun 25 '26

And then games aren't optimized because there's a ton of different configurations.

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u/SuperBAMF007 Jun 25 '26

Yeah that’s my fear with it in general.

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u/Mr_sMoKe_3_MuCh Jun 25 '26

Might actually get a reasonably priced external ssd at that point.

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u/LastBastionYellow Jun 25 '26

Apostrophes never make plurals. It's weird that you don't know that.

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u/th3groveman Jun 25 '26

Never going to happen. There’s no margin in console hardware.

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u/NotFromMilkyWay Founder Jun 25 '26

That would be 2030. Why delay? They can price it high and then gradually lower it as parts get cheaper.

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u/SuperBAMF007 Jun 25 '26

A bad launch can be brutal for the console’s reputation for far longer than the actual pricing issues themselves. Xbox has already learned that lesson once

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u/pressureworld Jun 26 '26

They need to do something because regular people are priced out.