Subsequent-Gen Xbox Will Be the ‘Largest Technical Leap’ for a New Console Era, Says Microsoft

Microsoft shared new particulars about its plans for Xbox {hardware}, teasing the following era of Xbox consoles and offering updates about its gaming enterprise in a particular version of the Official Xbox Podcast Thursday. Whereas the corporate confirmed that 4 Xbox-exclusive video games would launch on PS5 and Nintendo Swap, it reiterated its dedication to growing Xbox {hardware} and exclusives titles on the platform. Within the podcast, Xbox president Sarah Bond mentioned that Microsoft was focussed on delivering the “largest technical leap” for a brand new console era for the following Xbox.

Bond additionally confirmed that followers may anticipate new Xbox {hardware} later this yr within the vacation season — prone to be the rumoured mid-generation refresh of the Xbox Sequence S/X consoles. “There’s some thrilling stuff popping out in {hardware} that we will share this vacation. And we’re additionally invested within the subsequent era roadmap,” the Xbox president mentioned. “And what we’re actually focussed on there may be delivering the biggest technical leap you should have seen in a {hardware} era,” she added.

Xbox at present affords the Xbox Sequence X, its flagship current-generation console, together with the lower-end, digital-only Xbox Sequence S.

Again in September final yr, leaked courtroom paperwork from the Federal Commerce Fee antitrust trial over Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard had revealed that the corporate was planning a mid-gen refresh for its Xbox Sequence X and Sequence S consoles someday in 2024. The paperwork additionally included idea pictures of upcoming Xbox {hardware}, together with the platform’s roadmap for future releases.

Based on the leaked idea pictures, Microsoft’s mid-gen refresh of the Xbox Sequence X is codenamed ‘Brooklin,’ an all-digital console that boasts the identical peformance and options as the unique one, apart from the optical disc drive. The console seems to have a cylindrical design and an upgraded 2TB storage and can seemingly keep the Sequence X’s pricing — $499, or Rs. 54,990. The leaked paperwork had claimed that ‘Brooklin’ would launch someday in October 2024. Along with the console, Xbox additionally plans to launch an upgraded controller with gyro, haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers, similar to PlayStation’s DualSense controller.

Within the podcast, the place Bond was joined by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox Sport Studios head Matt Booty, the Xbox president didn’t disclose a launch window for the following era of Xbox consoles, however Microsoft expects the next-gen Xbox and PS6 to launch in 2028, as additionally revealed by courtroom paperwork from the FTC trial in June final yr. “This time period would, in any case, transcend the anticipated beginning interval of the following era of consoles (in 2028),” the corporate had mentioned within the paperwork. The present era of consoles — Xbox Sequence S/X and PS5 — was launched in 2020.