Another gene Xbox According to a new report from a trusted initiated console, there is no longer a certainty. While it is assumed that Microsoft has spent years developing the successor of the X/S series, the company is now reportedly re -evaluating the key aspects of its game division – among them complicating the Xbox hardware.
These statements come from the NeoGAF Sneakersso, which has a small but consistent record of Microsoft SCOOPS. It was the first to break the story of Xbox, which at the end of 2023 officially announced for more than two months. Verge's Tom Warren, a journalist with the reputation of reliable Microsoft coverage, even acknowledged Sneakersso during the episode 5. October of Xboxer's podcast (Ep. No. 283) and said that the escape “knows a lot of what is happening internally”.
Microsoft reportedly suspended Xbox preparation for the next generation
SneakersSo came again on October 4 on NeoGAF records and offered some new alleged details of recent Microsoft events. The initiate has acknowledged a recent message Call of duty The Xbox Game Pass costs Microsoft $ 300 million and said it caused considerable uncertainty about the technology giant. While some employees reportedly said that the new Xbox console would take place as early as 2026, it is no longer a certainty, with internal confidence in a project that is said to be collapsing. This is at least partly because of Microsoft recently suspending its preparatory work on the Xbox Xbox according to the same source.
Multiple raising prices Xbox Game Pass is reportedly on cards
The initiate added that the long -term Microsoft strategy will move further from the reserved Xbox hardware to the business model focused on software and services. “The future of Xbox is software publishing,” they said, claiming that this step would see how the company doubles on its most profitable IPS, while the game transfer to the “input point” for Xbox Cloud Gaming is moving at the same time. The controversial increase in the Xbox Game Pass since the beginning of October 2025 may not be the last such adjustment in the foreseeable future, while SneakersSo claims that Microsoft “will continue to increase his price brand.”
The recently announced series of handheld computers ROG Xbox Ally can indicate how Microsoft plans to access the game hardware-license of OEM instead of investing significantly in the development of the first party system. However, this strategy would still depend on the fact that at least one OEM will be willing to commit significantly to the Xbox brand at a time when its public image seems to decline.
The future of Xbox is the publication of software.
Documents from Microsoft 'legal battle with FTC have leaked regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard suggest that the development of the X/S series began at the beginning of 2020. Later reports indicate that the Xbox Console of the next generation was struggling with a computer with a television in an attempt to facilitate developers.
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Microsoft
- The original release date
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10 November 2020
- Original MSRP (USD)
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499 $
- Operating system
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Proprietary (based on Windows)
- Processor
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Own 8 -core Zen 2 3.8 GHz
- Resolution
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720p – 4K UHD
Source: Xboxera
