- Xbox Project Helix will cost around $1200 but could go up to $1500, says insider Moore’s Law Is Dead.
- The AMD APU utilised in the next-gen console will be priced at $550, according to the leaker, making the development cost $900 after adding CPU and RAM to the mix.
- Microsoft could go as low as $999 with aggressive pricing, but the insider doesn’t think that’s plausible.
Xbox has a lot riding on its next console, Project Helix, with many industry experts predicting that if the hardware fails yet again, the company could exit the console market once and for all.
Of course, to compete with the PlayStation 6, Xbox Project Helix will need to be priced competitively. However, according to one insider, the console won’t retail for less than $999.
Why It Matters: With a higher price tag, Xbox will be restricting its target audience, no matter how much faster the console will be compared to PS6.
In a new video, insider Moore’s Law Is Dead stated that the Xbox Project Helix could cost as low as $999, but might go up to $1500 if Microsoft forgoes aggressive pricing.
According to the leaker’s sources, AMD’s follow-up to the 9070 XT GPU will be priced at $550 and will have the same chiplet as Project Helix’s dedicated RDNA 5 graphics card. Hence, after adding the value of RAM and CPU, which will cost $200 and $100 respectively, the lowest Microsoft can go with the price tag is $999
However, Moore’s Law Is Dead doesn’t think that is plausible, as the company won’t forego profit and predicts the console to cost around $1200, with the highest price tag expected to be $1500.
Furthermore, the insider believes that more people will end up buying the PlayStation 6 despite the next-gen Xbox being 30-40% faster, while Xbox gamers who want to switch to PC will be the target market for Project Helix.
With the AMD GPU set to bridge the gap between PC and console graphics, the next-gen Xbox is going to provide a 20x jump in Ray Tracing performance compared to the Series X, with the RDNA 5 graphics card making each computing unit 65% faster than the predecessor.
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