Microsoft may launch the next-generation Xbox console someday in 2027, AMD CEO Lisa Su has revealed throughout the semiconductor firm’s newest earnings name. Valve is on monitor to begin delivery its AMD-powered Steam Machine early this 12 months, she stated, whereas Microsoft’s improvement of an Xbox with a semi-custom SOC from AMD is “progressing nicely to help a launch in 2027.” Whereas it doesn’t essentially imply Microsoft is releasing a brand new Xbox console subsequent 12 months, that appears to be the corporate’s present purpose.
Xbox president Sarah Bond introduced Microsoft’s multi-year partnership with AMD for its consoles in mid-2025. Based mostly on Bond’s assertion again then, Microsoft is embracing using synthetic intelligence and machine studying in future Xbox video games. She additionally stated that the businesses are going to “co-engineer silicon” throughout units, “in your lounge and in your fingers,” implying the event of future handheld consoles.
Leaked paperwork from the FTC vs. Microsoft court docket battle revealed up to now that Microsoft was planning to make the following Xbox a “hybrid sport platform,” which mixes native {hardware} and cloud computing. The paperwork additionally stated that Microsoft was planning to launch the following Xbox in 2028. Whether or not the corporate has chosen to launch the brand new Xbox early stays to be seen, however it’s doable when the Xbox X and S had been launched in 2020, they usually haven’t bought in addition to the Xbox One.
