Next Xbox could cost up to $1,800 and launch in 2028, report says

Microsoft's next Xbox console, known as Project Helix, could cost between $1,200 and $1,800 and arrive in 2028, according to a new Fortune report covered by GameSpot. The same report says a next-generation Xbox handheld is due before then. None of it is an official announcement yet.

The price and the timing

GameSpot notes that the $1,200 to $1,800 range applies unless Microsoft decides to subsidize the console. As GameSpot points out, it's not unusual for console makers to absorb some of the hardware cost and make it back through software and services, so the final price could still come in lower.

Polygon reports the same range and the same 2028 window for Project Helix. Push Square points out that price is likely to dominate talk about the next generation, since graphical leaps are harder to see than they used to be. It suggests Sony's PS6 could end up priced in similar territory, though that is the outlet's own expectation, not part of the report.

A handheld comes first

According to Pure Xbox, Fortune describes the handheld only as a "next-generation handheld device" arriving "by the 2027 holiday season". The report also says there have been internal disagreements at Microsoft over which software the handheld should run.

There's no word yet on the handheld's price, specs or name.

More job cuts at Xbox

The hardware details come from a Fortune profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma by reporter Sebastian Herrera. Push Square reports that, according to the profile, Sharma has cut 1,868 jobs so far out of 3,200 planned, with more cuts coming this month, in November and in January.

For now, all of this comes from one report. Microsoft hasn't announced a price, a release date or a handheld, so treat the numbers as a sign of where things may be heading rather than a final answer.