Next-gen Xbox will be a premium device, says Sarah Bond

Xbox is currently experiencing a not very positive wave. While its internal studios have had a successful year in terms of releasing new games, the company itself is becoming a target of criticism. Prices for current consoles have been increased several times over, and recently the popular Game Pass subscription and more original Xbox exclusives are also being targeted at rival PlayStation, meaning many players no longer see the point in buying an Xbox as a console. After all, Microsoft itself claims that the Xbox is also your PC, or perhaps the recently released ROG Xbox Ally handheld.

While this generation’s Xbox relied not only on “hardcore” gamers through the Series X, but also with the Series S console, which was also aimed at those who can only play a few games a year, the next generation, which is still awaited despite the current problems, will be significantly different. It has been said before that it should be a very powerful but also expensive console, a goal exactly the opposite of what the PlayStation 6 should have because, according to leaks, Sony wants to keep the price as low as possible.

So you can recall the leak of the Moore’s Law is Dead channel, which was the first to reveal, for example, details about the PS5 Pro, but its information is not always accurate, so it should be treated with a grain of salt. One way or another, he claims that the next Xbox, or rather its APU codenamed Magnus, will offer a processor with 3 Zen 6 cores and 8 Zen 6c cores with 12 MB of L3 cache, a graphics chip with 68 computing units of RDNA 5 architecture, a 192-bit bus with a huge capacity of 48 GB of video memory and powerful NPU (AI computing chip). release is scheduled for 2027.

And now we received, albeit slightly indirect, but essentially confirmation of previous assumptions, in an interview with Xbox President Sarah Bond for the American media Mashable. In it, the editor asks about the next-gen Xbox, and Bond, while reluctant to give too much away, responds that the device should offer a very premium, high-end experience. Words we’re more used to with PCs than with consoles, which usually need to balance the best possible performance with an affordable price.

In any case, we will have to wait for official details. If a 2027 release (likely the pre-Christmas season) is indeed the way to go, the console might not be unveiled until late next year.

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