The Redmond giant confirmed that it did focused on Xbox Next developmenta new generation console that will replace the Xbox Series and a model with a 2TB SSD.

Microsoft isn’t going to launch an Xbox Series X Pro, at least not in 2024, that’s something we can give almost confirmed but why? It is a good question and the truth is that the answer is very simple, although it is ideal to divide it into two keys for a better understanding. On the one hand, we have the failure of the Xbox Series It didn’t even manage to sell 1:2 with the PS5.

If you think I’m exaggerating, ask yourself why Microsoft doesn’t differentiate Xbox Series sales to compensate for the low sales of the former. We also talked about this topic recently when we saw that the Redmond giant started to throw in the towel with its current generation of consoles.

The Game Pass It was a successYes, and it’s great for console and PC gamers, but that’s not what we’re talking about here, we are talking about sold consolesand in this sense, Microsoft has become a hit of the Xbox series, rather the complete opposite.

Second, we must consider how complicated it is to develop a next generation console. We are transitioning from the Xbox series as we develop Xbox Next, the next generation console.

What will Xbox Next be and when will it arrive?

We still don’t have reliable information. There were some pretty crazy rumors saying that it could use an Intel processor and an NVIDIA GPUand it certainly would not be impossible, as we have already told you in this article, but it is very unlikely given all the complications that a change of this type would entail for Microsoft, both at the level of architecture and development, as well as costs, delivery and maintenance backward compatibility.

I think most likely Microsoft will repeat with AMD and use Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. For reasons of cost and integration, it would be most efficient to retrofit an APU that integrates both components on the same silicon chip, but I think we can’t rule out a return to a configuration with an independent CPU and GPU, as we saw on PS3 and Xbox 360 for example.

As for the launch, early rumors said that Microsoft could put forward a 2026 Xbox Next launch, but nothing is certain yet. I think it would be too early a date especially since, in theory, Sony won’t launch the PS6 until 2028, and that time difference could leave Xbox Next as an “obsolete” system. For this reason, I’m more inclined to think that Microsoft will try to team up with the Japanese company so that both consoles have similar hardware.

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