{"id":452467,"date":"2026-02-04T03:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/452467\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T03:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:18:11","slug":"amd-hints-microsoft-could-launch-its-next-gen-xbox-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/452467\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft confirmed last year that it\u2019s working on a next-gen Xbox console <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/688407\/microsoft-next-gen-xbox-cloud-amd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in partnership with AMD<\/a>. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use custom AMD chips, could be launching in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cDevelopment of Microsoft\u2019s next-gen Xbox, featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC, is progressing well to support a launch in 2027,\u201d said AMD CEO Lisa Su on an earnings call today. The brief comment doesn\u2019t confirm Microsoft will launch a new Xbox in 2027, but it does reveal that AMD is ready to support a launch then if Microsoft is also ready.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft entered a \u201cstrategic multi-year partnership\u201d with AMD last year that includes the pair co-engineering silicon \u201cacross a portfolio of devices \u2014 including our next-generation Xbox consoles in your living room and in your hands.\u201d AMD and Microsoft are also working together to build the next generation of Xbox Cloud Gaming servers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft has been teasing that the next-gen Xbox will be some type of hybrid console and PC, with the Xbox Ally devices serving as the initial groundwork towards this end goal. \u201cThe next-gen console is going to be a very premium, very high-end curated experience,\u201d said Xbox president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/803824\/microsoft-xbox-sarah-bond-next-gen-xbox-console-pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Bond in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft hasn\u2019t put a date on its next-gen Xbox, and documents that leaked as part of the FTC v. Microsoft case originally pointed towards a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/9\/19\/23880138\/microsoft-xbox-2028-hybrid-cloud-games-platform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">potential 2028 release<\/a>. Those documents, which don\u2019t reflect current plans anymore, mentioned using a custom AMD CPU as well as a co-designed AMD GPU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft confirmed last year that it\u2019s working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,874,63,44,64,61,6734],"class_list":["post-452467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-gaming","tag-microsoft","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}