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Xbox’s next console could cost $1,200 to $1,800. Subsidising it would leave Microsoft needing to make that money back through games and services, while more layoffs and reports of a possible sale raise a bigger question: who is the next Xbox actually for?
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00:00 The $1,800 Xbox
01:22 Xbox Already Nears $1000
05:38 Software & Services
10:07 Internal Strife
13:16 What's Next For Xbox?
Sources:
https://fortune.com/2026/10/20/the-non-gamer-ceo-racing-to-save-microsofts-xbox/
https://bellular.games/loading-screens-the-ratings-boards-are-coming-for-mtx/
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-sk-group-chairman-expects-chip-wafer-shortage-last-until-2030-eyes-2026-03-16/
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-220-billion-ai-bet-data-centers-spending-challenges-2026-10
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-is-struggling-for-stock-so-bad-that-its-asking-ex-users-to-trade-in
https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/mustafa-mahmoud/microsoft-claims-to-subsidise-up-to-200-per-xbox-console/
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/project-helix-handheld-2027-console-2028-os-teams-clashed
https://www.shacknews.com/article/121384/last-one-at-the-table-phil-spencer-on-inheriting-xbox-one-and-launching-xbox-series-x
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-gaming-business-falls-short-despite-activision
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/private-equity-firms-weighed-100-billion-plus-buyout-microsofts-xbox
https://microsoft.gcs-web.com/node/32336/html
https://puck.news/newsletter_content/what-im-hearing-the-peter-rice-playbook-elons-skydance-motive/