Project Helix Could Cost Twice the Series X Price, But Its PC-Level Hardware Is in Another League

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Rumours about the next Xbox, currently known as Project Helix, are starting to give us a clear idea of what the earliest price estimates could be. Some leakers have already discussed its pricing, but only one has dared to propose a definite figure based on its Bill of Materials (BOM), estimating a price between $999 and $1,200.

With this price range, you may wonder if that really makes sense, but it is not your traditional console. It is essentially a PC designed to behave like a console, combining the flexibility and power of a gaming computer with the simplicity of a living-room gaming system.

First to understand where these price figures come from, we must first examine the Bill of Materials (BOM), which is the cost of the components that make up the device, as well as the concept proposed by Microsoft, because the Helix design appears to move away from the traditional console concept and closer to that of a gaming PC optimized for the living room. It is, in a sense, their response to Steam Machine, aimed to compete with Valve.

The graphics block built into the system’s SoC, developed in collaboration with AMD, would be the most expensive component, since everything points to a GPU based on the RDNA 5 architecture, which would share technology with the successor to the Radeon RX 9070 XT (RDNA 4).

Sony is doing the same with the PS6, a hybrid of both architectures. If we look at the PC market, a graphics card of such a level would cost between $500 and $600, implying that the graphics component alone would account for a significant amount of the entire cost of Project Helix.

Furthermore, other essential factors emerge that we cannot ignore. Memory is one of the most critical components, as a system at this level would require a significant amount of high-bandwidth RAM to support high resolutions, improved ray tracing, and new artificial intelligence functions. According to the leak, that aspect alone might add almost $200 to manufacturing costs, as we are already dealing with a memory shortage.

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Sajjad Hussain

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Sajjad Hussain is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Tech4Gamers.com. Apart from the Tech and Gaming scene, Sajjad is a Seasonal banker who has delivered multi-million dollar projects as an IT Project Manager and works as a freelancer to provide professional services to corporate giants and emerging startups in the IT space.

Majored in Computer Science
13+ years of Experience as a PC Hardware Reviewer.
8+ years of Experience as an IT Project Manager in the Corporate Sector.
Certified in Google IT Support Specialization.
Admin of PPG, the largest local Community of gamers with 130k+ members.

Sajjad is a passionate and knowledgeable individual with many skills and experience in the tech industry and the gaming community. He is committed to providing honest, in-depth product reviews and analysis and building and maintaining a strong gaming community.