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Xbox next-gen console reportedly targeting 2027, with handheld device due this year


Microsoft is reportedly preparing to release its next-gen Xbox Series X/S successor in 2027, with its much-rumoured han…

That's according to Windows Central, which reports an Xbox Series X/S successor has been greenlit "all the way up to [Microsoft] CEO Satya Nadella" and is now "fully in production". Microsoft has, of course, already confirmed it's working on an Series X/S successor, with Xbox president Sarah Bond last year saying - amid fan fears it may be looking to abandon the console market - the company was "invested in [its] next-generation road map" and "focused on... delivering the largest technical leap that you will have ever seen in a hardware generation." The device is reportedly being developed under the codename Keenan, and will - according to Windows Central's sources - look "unmistakably 'Xbox'", sporting familiar design sensibilities and even an Xbox guide button.

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