{"id":2104854,"date":"2026-08-21T13:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2104854"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:22:13","slug":"that-limited-edition-green-see-through-xbox-series-x-reportedly-costs-as-much-as-a-ps5-pro-and-releases-on-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2104854","title":{"rendered":"That limited edition green see-through Xbox Series X reportedly costs as much as a PS5 Pro, and releases on Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/gears-of-war-e-day\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Gears of War: E-Day<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">That limited edition green see-through Xbox Series X reportedly costs as much as a PS5 Pro, and releases on Black Friday<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Master sheesh.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/limited-edition-green-xbox-series-x.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A green, see-through Xbox Series X, as seen diagonally down from the top, via its curved ventilation grill.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"limited-edition-green-xbox-series-x.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Microsoft \/ Xbox<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-21T13:22:13+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 21, 2026, 1:22 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1db72fe1-5c27-4e10-bfd2-fd2a5bc5d9b9\" data-name=\"Gears of War: E-Day\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Gears of War: E-Day\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Gears of War: E-Day\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Gears of War: E-Day\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Gears of War: E-Day\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Gears of War: E-Day\" title=\"Follow Gears of War: E-Day\"><br \/>\n  Follow Gears of War: E-Day<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-limited-edition-console-controller-25th-anniversary\">fancy green see-through Xbox Series X<\/a> &#8211; a limited edition creation for Xbox&#8217;s 25th anniversary &#8211; reportedly releases on Black Friday and costs as much as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/ps5-pro\">PS5 Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The information comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealabs.com\/magazine\/exclusif-on-vous-devoile-le-prix-de-la-console-xbox-series-x25-en-edition-limitee-61674\">French website Dealabs<\/a>&#8216; consistently reliable leaker billbil-kun, who claims the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition &#8211; as Microsoft is calling it &#8211; releases 27th November priced \u20ac899.99 (or an estimated $899.99). At that price it&#8217;s \u20ac100 more than a standard 1TB Xbox Series X with a disc drive and, as noted, the same price as PS5 Pro in Europe.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Xbox 25th Anniversary Console and Controller - Official Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pF9Lf0tMf6o?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pF9Lf0tMf6o\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Xbox 25th Anniversary Console and Controller &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>That is &#8220;murky green&#8221;, right? How else would you describe it?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pF9Lf0tMf6o\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No UK equivalent pricing has been revealed, but a PS5 Pro costs \u00a3789.99 here so perhaps it&#8217;ll be similarly priced. If it is, that would make the limited edition Xbox at least \u00a3100 more than the standard disc-drive Series X, which is priced \u00a3669.99. (The disc-drive comparison is appropriate because the limited edition Xbox Series X has one.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why is it so expensive? Presumably because it has a translucent murky-Xbox-green case, meaning you can peer inside at its techno-innards. It also comes with a special Xbox controller which has been given the same treatment: you can see inside its body. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-limited-edition-console-controller-25th-anniversary\">The Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition was unveiled<\/a> at Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox Games Showcase earlier this summer. We&#8217;ve asked Xbox for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Since it was revealed, much has happened. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">entire Xbox division has been rocked by wide-ranging restructuring<\/a>, which has left 1600 people without a job already, and will leave a further 1600 people without jobs by next summer. It&#8217;s restructuring that&#8217;s resulted in first-party studios splitting from Xbox, as well as downsized studios. All this has affected game development and, understandably, staff morale. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/without-us-bethesda-games-arent-bethesda-games-rallies-against-microsoft-layoffs-at-elder-scrolls-studio-continue-with-unionised-devs-morale-on-the-upswing\">Protests continue to be organised in response<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-console-price-rise-uk-europe\">Microsoft also substantially raised the prices of its Xbox consoles<\/a> earlier this year, boosting the cheapest Xbox Series S from \u00a3300 to \u00a3430, and the disc-drive Xbox Series X from \u00a3500 to \u00a3670. The primary reason for this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ram-prices-are-soaring-what-does-it-mean-for-gaming\">the ongoing memory and storage component shortage around the world<\/a> &#8211; a scarcity created by huge AI datacenter demand for the same things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-major-price-increases\">Xbox boss Asha Sharma has already warned that the component pricing crisis will continue<\/a>, and that &#8220;we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027&#8221;. This will affect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-boss-on-project-helix-pricing-and-availability\">pricing and availability of Xbox&#8217;s next-gen Project Helix machine<\/a>, she&#8217;s said, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-ceo-new-console-business-models-in-2026\">Microsoft is exploring &#8220;radically different business models&#8221; related to selling Xbox consoles<\/a> because of it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-limited-edition-console-controller-25th-anniversary\">fancy green see-through Xbox Series X<\/a> &#8211; a limited edition creation for Xbox&#8217;s 25th anniversary &#8211; reportedly releases on Black Friday and costs as much as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/ps5-pro\">PS5 Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The information comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealabs.com\/magazine\/exclusif-on-vous-devoile-le-prix-de-la-console-xbox-series-x25-en-edition-limitee-61674\">French website Dealabs<\/a>&#8216; consistently reliable leaker billbil-kun, who claims the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition &#8211; as Microsoft is calling it &#8211; releases 27th November priced \u20ac899.99 (or an estimated $899.99). At that price it&#8217;s \u20ac100 more than a standard 1TB Xbox Series X with a disc drive and, as noted, the same price as PS5 Pro in Europe.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Xbox 25th Anniversary Console and Controller - Official Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pF9Lf0tMf6o?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pF9Lf0tMf6o\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Xbox 25th Anniversary Console and Controller &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>That is &#8220;murky green&#8221;, right? How else would you describe it?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pF9Lf0tMf6o\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No UK equivalent pricing has been revealed, but a PS5 Pro costs \u00a3789.99 here so perhaps it&#8217;ll be similarly priced. If it is, that would make the limited edition Xbox at least \u00a3100 more than the standard disc-drive Series X, which is priced \u00a3669.99. (The disc-drive comparison is appropriate because the limited edition Xbox Series X has one.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why is it so expensive? Presumably because it has a translucent murky-Xbox-green case, meaning you can peer inside at its techno-innards. It also comes with a special Xbox controller which has been given the same treatment: you can see inside its body. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-limited-edition-console-controller-25th-anniversary\">The Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition was unveiled<\/a> at Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox Games Showcase earlier this summer. We&#8217;ve asked Xbox for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Since it was revealed, much has happened. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory\">entire Xbox division has been rocked by wide-ranging restructuring<\/a>, which has left 1600 people without a job already, and will leave a further 1600 people without jobs by next summer. It&#8217;s restructuring that&#8217;s resulted in first-party studios splitting from Xbox, as well as downsized studios. All this has affected game development and, understandably, staff morale. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/without-us-bethesda-games-arent-bethesda-games-rallies-against-microsoft-layoffs-at-elder-scrolls-studio-continue-with-unionised-devs-morale-on-the-upswing\">Protests continue to be organised in response<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-console-price-rise-uk-europe\">Microsoft also substantially raised the prices of its Xbox consoles<\/a> earlier this year, boosting the cheapest Xbox Series S from \u00a3300 to \u00a3430, and the disc-drive Xbox Series X from \u00a3500 to \u00a3670. The primary reason for this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ram-prices-are-soaring-what-does-it-mean-for-gaming\">the ongoing memory and storage component shortage around the world<\/a> &#8211; a scarcity created by huge AI datacenter demand for the same things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-major-price-increases\">Xbox boss Asha Sharma has already warned that the component pricing crisis will continue<\/a>, and that &#8220;we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027&#8221;. 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