It’s been more than three years since the current consoles hit the market, which means both Microsoft and Sony should be preparing an intergenerational refresh. In the case of Sony, we know that the PS5 Pro could become a reality at the end of this year, but in the case of Microsoft everything points to the fact that we won’t make it refresh Xbox Series X Refresh or Xbox Series S Refresh.

We have already seen several reports claiming that the Xbox Series X Refresh, also known as the Xbox Series This update of Microsoft’s low-cost console was supposed to be a very interesting proposal, since according to the source it was supposed to be configured with Radeon RDNA 3 GPU, would have a more uniform memory and even a rescaling with artificial intelligence.

In the end, the Redmond giant decided to scrap the Xbox Series S Refresh because it will be a console difficult to position in the marketas it would be above the original Xbox Series S, but below the Xbox Series X, which would continue to be Microsoft’s most powerful system.

I personally think so too It was just that things got a little more complicated. developers, because having more memory than the original model would force them to optimize their games and adapt them to the peculiarities of this new console.

Microsoft is also not in a good position in terms of sales in the current generation of consoles, and launching intergenerational refreshes will not change this reality and It could even be counterproductive. It is therefore logical that the giant is already thinking more about the next generation of consoles, a project that Phil Spencer himself described as one of the biggest generational leaps in consoles, and which has generated a lot of interest in the possibility of using Intel CPU and NVIDIA GPU.

The next generation of Xbox could be launched between 2026 and 2027. Of course, we don’t have a confirmed date yet, but rumor has it that Microsoft wants to get ahead of Sony and launch its next-gen console before the Japanese company launches its PS6. It will arrive in 2028 according to the latest and most reliable estimates, so all these dates fit.