You’re willing to spend up to $1500 potentially? My man.
Yes. As long as the performance justifies it.
What this is shaping up to be could basicallly be described as my dream machine. I have a extensive Xbox library (~1000 games), Steam Library (~1250 games), and I have GOG and Battle.net stuff too. One box that runs all of these well…
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I find any discussion on price at this stage beyond speculative. The current consoles are priced at higher than they launched due to “global market conditions”. I’m not sure things will be that much more stable in 2026. In fact I don’t want to think about the global economy at all in 2026 or 2027 or even 2028.
Everything else is interesting, but I’m also slotting this more into conjecture. Don’t get me wrong the general ideas seems sound. It’s the specific leaks that are more questionable. Especially as the source doesn’t have the best track record and we’re bouncing around whose AMD plans are whose still. But I’ll throw my hat in the ring, why not? FALL 2026 - New Xbox console release and it’s a traditional console successor to The Xbox Series X. Xbox & AMD reveal the partnership to bring the Xbox experience to gaming PCs. A line of Windows Gaming PC OEMs will announce their Xbox+ devices (idk whatever branding; it’ll be a sticker like the copilot+ PCs) that will start launching in spring 2027 with most of the first wave out by the end of summer 2027.
This way Microsoft won’t canabalize either launch. Also consoles just typically launch in the fall for the holiday season and PCs more in spring. Then I think Xbox will announce that they’ll make a proprietary traditional home console successor every 5 to 6 years, but no more mid gen refreshes of any kind. They’ll hype up OEMs handling all the different SKUs people want and how this means greater access to Xbox games without leaving Xbox gamers behind and blash blash.
2027 - Everything is out and Xbox will continue making updates to blur the lines. Xbox Play Anywhere will be heavily pushed to become the norm by all devs and publishers.
2028 - PS6 AND a native proprietary Xbox console handheld. This way it would have better components to keep up with the next Xbox which would be 2 years old. This handheld would also be a proof of concept that dual boots into windows & Xbox OS (not the Xbox experience windows mode of the ROG Ally, but a true full console Xbox OS and full Windows). This would also be used to justify a higher price as any true native gaming handheld able to keep pace with next Gen would be EXPENSIVE. And I definitely think Microsoft is done subsidizing hardware.
And then people will speculate about “next Gen” plans all over again. Though those quotations are heavy. The year is 2025 and the Xbox One is still being supported with new AAA releases on day one or with post launch ports. Because most games are not high end AAA titles on par with BG3, most games are still supporting last gen. The current sentiment is that devs STILL haven’t taken full advantage of this Gen. I’d be surprised if we ever truly move on from the Series X & S/PS5. Especially as long as games continue to target as many platforms as possible including Nintendo hardware and last gen hardware.
There that’s my speculation. No matter what happens, but we all do a collectively eyebrow raise at how fast Microsoft jumped the gun with the “this is an Xbox”. I mean cloud gaming for owned games didn’t start till after that ad, clouding gaming still isn’t out of beta, and now whatever huge PC plans they have aren’t coming to fruition yet obviously. But then Xbox did the while marketing campaign and none of this existed so they just became a meme laughing stock. Rough. But deserved. This is an Xbox should’ve been messaging in 2026 to celebrate Xbox’s growth and the expansion of what an “Xbox” is. Instead of a hateful controversial mess.
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I think it would be wise to stop thinking about “generations” at all.
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I remember a WHILE back Phil saying something like how consoles should be like smartphones where there’s a new iteration periodically (I think he said five years). No more “next gen” or “mid gen upgrade”; just a new console that’s better than the last iteration.
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I think its just going to be the way things have to be regardless. Gen on Gen hardware advancements have slowed significantly. The reality is that we are just getting to a point where there are games and hardware that play them. They just play them at different quality levels. Eventually software outstrips the devices you have and you upgrade to the newest iterations in the price range that works for you.
Like a steam deck, if you only play indie titles the hardware is still good and will last you a long time. If you like AAA fair, that really isnt the right device.
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To add to that I think we’ve just hit a point in software development where it doesn’t really matter as much anymore. On paper the current consoles are significantly more powerful than the last set, but that just hasn’t led to that much of a difference in gaming. I mean there’s a number of reasons, but in general we’re seeing a lot of developers struggle with optimization and overall quality, and it even feels like they’re forcing their game to almost justify the pedigree of “current gen only”. That’s not to say there aren’t improvements, but I think if you asked the average person if AAA games looked and played significantly better than last gen, they’d give a non definitive “Yeah, I guess.”
Eventually publishers are going to realize there’s not even that much point in paying for the cost of chasing “next gen only” status. Especially not when games like Fortnite are running around on literally everything. I expect games more and more to just target being everywhere and they’ll just also play better on higher end new hardware.
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Lot of rumors on hardware side😊
Feels like 2019 again🤗
Yeah, seeing some scuttlebutt that the next Xbox being on par with a 5080. But the speculation (allegedly from Kepler) lacks clarity. Particularly with the aformentioned comments that Magnus is a mid-tier part.
5080 in 2027 would be equivalent to mid tier in AMD GPU lineup.
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Hopefully more than just on pricing…
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Yeah, 9070XT for the PS6 and RTX 5080 for Xbox. Wonder what the price difference will be though.
$699 for Magnus Xbox with MS making $0-$100 profit per unit.
What’s the $1500 one gonna look like.
AT0 chip. Over 100 teraflops.
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I kind of hope they re use he current series x design, but with a rework to to deal with the extra heat.
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I want a modern version of the original Xbox design.
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Whatever the design is, I just want a giant X present. And if we’re speaking of standing out, I’d like for the next wave of consoles to look “fun” again. This iteration was basically just PC towers.
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I would be happy with a hybrid look of the One X and Series X. Just a slick matte black box but in more of a horizontal One X style form factor. With some green led accents.
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5080 (and 9070xt for PS5) sounds great performance wise for devs on top of all the AI features and improved ray tracing. Hopefully, the consoles have a good amount of VRAM (32gigs) to actually make use of those VRAM hungry features.
Also, this would be a brutal update for PC users considering GPU vendors have skimped out on VRAM for so long.