Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition Is A $900 Translucent Green Throwback
Twenty-five years after the original Xbox arrived, Microsoft is going back to green. The Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition wraps the company’s flagship gaming console in translucent OG Green, gives every unit its own individual number and pairs it with a matching anniversary controller and a copy of Halo: Campaign Evolved. The price for all that nostalgia? $899.99.
And if you planned on grabbing one directly from Microsoft, you may already be late. The Microsoft Store currently lists the limited-edition console as out of stock ahead of its November launch.
Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition Goes Back to OG Green
Microsoft originally unveiled its 25th anniversary hardware earlier this summer, but the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition is more than a standard Series X wearing a new paint job. For the first time, Microsoft has given the Series X a translucent exterior. Its OG Green shell takes direct inspiration from the original Xbox era, while the familiar “X” at the top of the console illuminates in green when powered on.
Underneath the throwback treatment is the familiar Series X hardware, including a disc drive, 1TB custom SSD, support for true 4K gaming and frame rates up to 120 FPS. The nostalgia also extends beyond the color. Microsoft says the anniversary hardware contains additional details and tributes referencing Xbox history, giving longtime fans a few Easter eggs to discover.
Every Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition Is Individually Numbered
Microsoft is leaning hard into the collectible side of the anniversary release. Every Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition receives its own individual engraved number, making each console slightly more personal than the average special-edition gaming system.
The package includes the matching Xbox Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition and a full-game digital download of Halo: Campaign Evolved, the upcoming remake of the campaign that helped turn Xbox into a legitimate gaming heavyweight in the first place.
Including Halo makes plenty of sense. Halo: Combat Evolved launched alongside the original Xbox in 2001 and became inseparable from the identity of Microsoft’s first console. Twenty-five years later, Microsoft is effectively pairing its nostalgia-driven hardware with a modernized version of the game that helped start everything.
The Controller Gets Its Own Anniversary Treatment
The Xbox Wireless Controller X25 Special Edition follows the same translucent OG Green formula as the console, while incorporating smaller references to Xbox’s original hardware.
The controller features black triggers, white bumpers and ABXY buttons presented in the colors associated with the original Xbox controller. Even the Xbox button references the green “X” bursting through the center of the first console’s design. Unlike the console bundle, the X25 controller is also being sold separately. Microsoft plans to release it on October 20 for players who want some anniversary flavor without buying another Xbox Series X.
The Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition Costs $899.99
Nostalgia does not come cheap. The Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition carries an MSRP of $899.99 and officially launches November 13, 2026. Microsoft is limiting preorders to one anniversary collection per customer while supplies last.
For comparison, Microsoft currently lists the standard 1TB Xbox Series X at $799.99. That makes the X25 package roughly a $100 premium over the regular machine, although the anniversary version also brings the translucent chassis, individually numbered engraving, special-edition controller and Halo: Campaign Evolved download.
Whether those additions justify spending nearly $900 on an Xbox is something buyers will have to decide for themselves. Apparently, plenty already have.
Microsoft began offering early preorder access to select Xbox fans on August 26 before opening broader preorders the following morning. As of August 31, the company’s U.S. Microsoft Store lists the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition as out of stock.
Xbox’s main product page still offers a preorder option and Microsoft directed customers to participating retailers when announcing availability, so that does not necessarily mean every X25 allocation is gone. It does, however, suggest that the nearly four-figure price did little to scare away collectors.
Xbox Celebrates 25 Years
The original Xbox arrived in November 2001 and entered a console market already dominated by established players. Halo, Xbox Live and franchises including Forza and Gears of War eventually helped Microsoft build Xbox into one of gaming’s most recognizable brands.
The X25 hardware is part of a much broader celebration around that anniversary, but the translucent Series X might be its most immediately recognizable piece. There have been plenty of limited-edition Xbox consoles over the years, but Microsoft did not need an elaborate graphic treatment to make this one work. Translucent green plastic, Halo and a numbered chassis are enough to send longtime Xbox fans straight back to 2001.
