Xbox’s nostalgic, translucent green Series X25 25th anniversary console is shaping up to be one of the priciest limited-edition machines yet, with a new leak pointing to a $899.99 USD price tag and a Black Friday 2026 release date that lines it up directly against the PS5 Pro. Xbox previously confirmed only a November launch window for the limited-edition bundle, holding back exact pricing and timing when it first unveiled the hardware earlier this summer.
The Series X25 is a retro remix of the current-gen Xbox Series X, dressing the tower-style hardware in a semi-transparent green shell that calls back to the original 2001 Xbox’s radioactive branding. Under the shell, this is still a full-fat Series X with a built-in disc drive, giving collectors a way to celebrate the brand’s 25th anniversary without sacrificing physical game support. The console is being positioned as a limited run, bundled with a matching controller and aimed squarely at longtime fans who remember the era of translucent “atomic” consoles and special editions lining store shelves.
On the controller side, pricing and timing are a bit clearer thanks to earlier leaks focused on the Xbox Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition. Multiple reports claim the see-through greenpad will retail for $79.99 in the US, £74.99 in the UK, and €79.99 in Europe, putting it just above many standard Xbox controllers but roughly on par with Sony’s DualSense offerings. The same reports say the controller will hit shelves on October 20, 2026, with preorders opening on August 26 to sync with Xbox’s anniversary-focused presence at late-summer events.
Where things get interesting is how the X25 stack compares to the rest of the console market. In Europe, the leak pegs the anniversary console at €899.99, roughly €100 more than the standard 1 TB Xbox Series X with a disc drive, which currently sits around €799.99. That premium is being justified not by a major spec bump but by the translucent design, limited availability, and anniversary branding, echoing long-running trends where nostalgia hardware commands collector-level pricing. The rumored MSRP also appears to line up with leaked PS5 Pro pricing, suggesting that late-2026 holiday shoppers may see both mid-generation Sony hardware and Xbox’s anniversary box fighting for the same high-end slot in their budgets.
The timing of the leak is no accident, either. Reports tie the Series X25 launch to November 27, 2026—Black Friday in many markets—setting the console up as a headline-grabbing showpiece for the biggest shopping day of the year. With the controller seemingly arriving a month earlier, Xbox can warm up the nostalgia engine ahead of the console’s drop, driving interest among collectors and longtime fans who may treat the X25 more as display hardware than their everyday machine.
Officially, Xbox has kept price and exact date close to the chest, promising more information “soon” after the initial June reveal but stopping short of concrete numbers. Given the pattern of accurate hardware leaks from sources like Dealabs and billbil-kun in recent years, many in the enthusiast community are treating €899.99 / $899.99 and a Black Friday launch as a strong baseline expectation while they watch for preorders to appear. If the figures hold, the Series X25 will sit firmly in luxury territory—less a budget-friendly way into the Xbox ecosystem and more a glowing green monument to 25 years of Halo, Fable, Forza, and late-night LAN parties.
For hardware geeks and collectors, though, that might be exactly the point. Between the throwback translucent casing, anniversary branding, and limited quantities, the X25 feels like a spiritual successor to the crystal, smoke, and themed consoles that defined the early 2000s, scaled up to the present day’s pricing realities. Expect fierce competition for whatever units make it to retail, plenty of aftermarket markups, and at least a few fans planning to park this thing next to their OG Xbox purely as a display piece—disc drive and all.
