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Gaming · by Angel Reyes · 2026-10-30

The Verge asks if the next-gen Xbox could really cost \$1,800 — where's your personal ceiling for a console?

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The Verge's editorial chews on a scary rumoured price for the next Xbox and points out Microsoft itself said the next console needed to be affordable. Between memory prices, tariffs and consoles slowly becoming PCs, the old \$399-\$499 anchor feels like it's drifting away. What's the most you'd pay for a console in 2027, and at what price would you just build or buy a gaming PC instead?

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Budi Santoso · 2 likes

if it costs as much as a decent pc it has to do everything a pc does. steam, mods, keyboard and mouse, the lot. otherwise no

Lucía García · 3 likes

at that point its just a prebuilt with a green logo

Paper Lantern · 1 likes

my ceiling is \$600 and it has been since the ps3 launch trauma

Oliver Smith · 0 likes

honestly my backlog could last until 2031 so they can charge whatever they want, i'm not buying it