The Xbox Series X|S, Microsoft’s current generation of video game consoles, will be succeeded by at least one more machine, according to the latest word from games journalist and insider Jez Corden, who told readers today about how Xbox’s next-gen console hardware has not only moved past its “early pitch stages,” but it’s gone so far as being “fully approved” by Microsoft and “costed all the way up the chain.”
“Xbox hardware has declined non-stop for several quarters, as the firm pretty much stops marketing its products, and didn’t even bother to do serious sales and deals over Black Friday last year,” Corden writes before going on to share some good news for players who are still invested in Microsoft’s gaming plans. “Xbox is still pledging to build next-gen console hardware. To that end, I’ve recently been told that Xbox’s next-gen console hardware has now moved past its early pitch stages and has been fully approved and costed all the way up the chain.”
News of Microsoft’s Xbox Series XX|SS comes a day after PlayStation aired its latest State of Play broadcast, which, according to many on social media, was largely a dud due to the lack of first-party reveals.
“Microsoft might legit publish more games on PS5 this year than Sony does,” laughed an IGN editor, while another pointed out that console gamers might as well migrate to PC: “All we’re doing now is basically arguing about timed exclusives. Embrace PC. Get everything.”
“Not everyone can afford a high-powered gaming PC rig, and to go further, not everyone wants one,” Corden coped in response. “Windows is only useful in a desktop environment, and a pain to command from a sofa with a controller, although Xbox VP of next-gen Jason Ronald insists the plan is to improve this. At least for right now, Windows is the opposite of intuitive on devices like the ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go, let alone via a sofa on a TV.”
“I want people to be able to experience the games that we build, the services that we offer, on as many devices as we can,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer said in an interview from last month. “It’s really game first, not platform first.”