AMD CEO Suggests Next-Gen Xbox Could Launch in 2027 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 February 2026 / 3,667 Views
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su in the companies latest earnings call appears to have revealed the next-generation Xbox might launch in 2027.
"Development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC is progressing well to support a launch in 2027," said Su.
A 2027 launch for the next-generation Xbox would be around seven years after the release of the Xbox Series X|S in November 2020. The Xbox One also released seven years before the Xbox Series X|S, while there was an eight year gap between the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
There have also been rumors the next-generation Xbox will be more powerful than the PlayStation 6, but it will also be more expensive. Another rumor claims the next-gen Xbox and PS6 will launch in 2027, however, with the increased price for RAM and the tariffs it is possible the consoles could be delayed.
Thanks, Tom's Hardware.
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With those chip and RAM prices?
Might as well throw in the towel now. That system will never take off at the projected launch price unless Microsoft is willing to take a MASSIVE loss on each unit sold.
And even then, it STILL may not take off!
Xbox has fallen so far behind PlayStation and Nintendo in market share and brand awareness that they're bordering on irrelevancy in the States - They're already there everywhere else.
MS really isn't selling a console anymore so its not going to sell console prices anyway. Its going to be like the new steam machine more PC than console running PC games. The question, can MS pull it off and get those damn stutter issues tighten up and fixed with a seamless interface between PC and console experience. Its not the hardware that is the issue, its the software part that will make the biggest difference.
So like $1500 then? Oh man, such a bad idea to release anything at the moment.
Its never going to be a good moment from here on out so it really doesn't matter.
I thought I heard that things should equalize at some point again, they are ramping up production to the extreme demand... and unless more demand is to come in the next few years than what we have currently (with them building all these AI farms).... prices should come down.
Prices are rumored to go down, once production ramps up, it just takes some time, because of the currently unusual high demand ( do to AI ). At some point, all the tech companies will have their farms buildt, and not need to consume so much of the ram market.... when that happends, prices should come down for consumers.
Not for MS. I believe someone made this point but if you have a finished product coming in 2027 you need to get that product to market. Waiting another year or 2 will mean that product is 2 years older and already falling behind newer products. If by the time the prices goes down you can also decrease your cost based on that price. It really doesn't help MS to delay to market because ram prices may be high at that time.
You just don't understand Microsoft's strategy! They are going to steam you your games to a firestick for $39.99 a month! And since PC is already the best platform and the next Xbox will be a PC, than Xbox will be the best platform! Enjoy owning nothing and being happy! Everything will be digotol! Games will come out at 10 times the rate thanks to AI! The future is now old man! Do the maths!
How big of a market is "game streaming" actually ? like lets say they could take 5% of the gaming market.... with Fire sticks, is that enough to make them want to strive for it? because I don't think the majority want to have game streaming. You would need a consumer, that doesn't play games sensitive towards input lag, or require high fps. That doesn't care about compression artifacts, or how much bandwidth it uses up. They need to market this towards women that play The Sims games and such.... and offer it for dirt cheap.
im not sure that would change anything, microsoft, i hope you can get back in the game!
Which in turn would mean even worse sales for the Series. 1.5M this year, and 700-800k next year.
So Xbox is dead but 2027 another Xbox? This makes no sense
I mean, they releasing a product, and people actually buying it are two totally different things. So yes, both things can he true.
That makes no sense. Its either dead or alive.
Releasing new hardware right now is just not very smart. With current RAM price increase constantly and with the fact that we know that next XBOX will be premium console, you can expect that console to cost way way over 1000e. Since i dont expect RAM price to go back to normal in this or even next year i rly dont expect nexe gen console from Sony and MS before 2029, 2030. Also, i dont expect next GPUs till late 2027, early 2028.
True, but one important thing to keep the mind on is the reality of hardware development. I think it's safe to say their specs are already locked-in and can't really be changed this late into the development cycle. Would they risk releasing devices designed in 2024/25 in 2029/30 and keeping them around for years to come?
this...... I don't expect the Ram situation to improve until 2028-2029. Which is why it makes alot of sense to just wait until then, before launching a new system. That is if you care about selling it at low costs early in its life cycle.
With the memory shortages going on, I highly doubt that.
Next Xbox isn't a small machine in your house, it's you buying up part of a data centre you connect to. :P
Moores Law is Dead is not a legitimate leaker...
He is a speculator.
RDNA 5 is also something that won't exist.
RDNA and CDNA are being combined to make UDNA. (GFX13)
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-announces-unified-udna-gpu-architecture-bringing-rdna-and-cdna-together-to-take-on-nvidias-cuda-ecosystem
Honestly... at this point MS should spin off or sell Xbox
This whole "abusive parent / incompetent child" dynamic isn't working out for either party lol
PS6 is not releasing in 2027 tho.
Pretty sure thats their plan
Which is okay..... let ram prices come down abit first. Console is supposed to be affordable, and good value for consumers. Let Xbox try the 1,500$ console and see how that does..... watch Sony wait a few years and do a 700$ one that is like 2/3rd's the power, for under half the cost, and still outsell the new xbox in the end.
Is this reasonable to interpret as Sony not developing a product to launch that early?
Forseeable material impact to business is the standard I believe, so hard to justify MS but not Sony
(with Sony likely to have 3x revenue), and AMD could always not mention name of customer if so desired.
That said, question might be is MS would actually launch in 27 or not, even if they have product ready.
If the chip market continues tightness, it may not make much sense to.
Even if they end up launching with an ¨older¨ product design vs a more modereen PS6.
Although Sony could just as easily do the same thing and delay their product based on chip market.
Didn't sony say they wanted to prolong the generation? because of the ram situation? Even if Xbox launches in 2027, I bet sony wait's it out instead. Like Xbox with a 1500$+ console and a 1-2year head start, probably won't outsell the PS6 by the end of it's life cycles.
Yes, or I believe so.
But the statements from AMD have a bit more weight and concreteness IMHO.
It does seem like waiting longer will help with RAM and other chip prices.
I don´t really know, but I´ve read other manufacturers like in China may be producing by 2028.
And a later launch date could also allow better CPU/GPU architecture potentially.
In one sense, it might be beneficial for MS to also wait. Mostly because they have 2 SKUs to deal with for Series S/X, meaning 3 SKUs for cross-gen games. I don´t expect them to salvage their console brand, so there isn´t as much upside as for Sony, but it still could make sense for them. I guess it depends on how locked in they are for chip contracts, including CPU/GPU.
SSD and Ram prices atm.... yep... perfect time to make a new Console...... Seriously imagine a year lateron (or slighly more), sony releases something about half the power, for 1/3 rd the price. Is a year's head start worth that headache of a launch and price?
When Microsoft saw a $400b loss? Knowing how bad Series X/S is doing... That's ambitious...
When exactly did Microsoft see a $400bn loss?
