{"id":330,"date":"2026-06-10T15:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:42:37","slug":"xbox-ceo-admits-the-console-arms-race-has-gone-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Xbox CEO Admits the Console Arms Race Has Gone Too Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the first console generation ever in which hardware that\u2019s nearly 6 years old costs way more than it did at launch. And Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has finally stated what we all already know\u2014that gaming is getting too damn expensive, and that the next generation of consoles needs to stop focusing on performance alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have reached a point where it will be hard to imagine that mass audiences can afford thousands of dollars to spend on a console generation,\u201d Sharma said in an <\/span>interview with Fortune<\/span>. The Xbox CEO is likely referring to the next-gen <\/span>Project Helix<\/span>,<\/span> proposed as a \u201cpremium\u201d offering<\/span> that will combine PC and Xbox gaming under one roof. \u201cWe will start to see radically different business models that we never expected start to come into orbit later this year,\u201d Sharma added.<\/span><\/p>\n