Sony has opted for an intergenerational renewal with the PS5 Pro, a console that on this occasion will have no rival as Microsoft is focusing on Xbox Next, the successor to the Xbox Series

That console will, let’s be clear, direct competitor of Sony PS6a console rumored to launch in 2028, although depending on what Microsoft does, it could end up on the market a little earlier. As always, Sony will have the final say.

Why is Microsoft focusing on Xbox Next?

Well, because the current generation of consoles lost the war. Xbox Series S and Series less than half of what the PS5 sold, and the trend is clearly downward, which means that the gap in favor of Sony’s console will only grow.

With this panorama, it is clear The last thing Microsoft needs is to launch a new console within this generation, since it would have to invest heavily in its development and promotion, it could cannibalize sales from its other consoles, and it’s also very likely that it won’t sell enough to compensate for all that investment.

We still don’t have the details, but the possibility has been raised that Microsoft will opt for a radical change and opt to use Intel processors and NVIDIA GPUs. It is highly unlikelyso much so that I haven’t looked into it, but until the Xbox Next specs are confirmed, we can’t completely rule that out either.

Microsoft promises a big generational leap

Sarah Bond, the president of Xbox, said that they are investing heavily in the plan for their next generation of consoles and that they hope to achieve the greatest technological leap never seen on a hardware level in a console generation.

The CEO clearly mentioned the hardware, which means that we will see in addition to new technologies and the use of AI to improve performance a significant increase in raw performance on Xbox Next compared to the current generation.

There is still another important surprise, and that is that the Xbox Next could arrive in two versions, desktop console and portable console. Phil Spencer himself, CEO of Microsoft’s gaming division, confirmed in a way that they are working on a portable console project, although he did not go into technical details.

The portable Xbox project could be one of the most important for Microsoft, because the Redmond company needs improve the user experience this type of Windows device. With this new console, the company could take the opportunity to develop a new version of its operating system, more limited but better optimized and adapted to this type of systems.

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