Microsoft is reportedly aiming to release its next-gen Xbox Series X/S successor in 2027, with a much-rumoured handheld Xbox arriving later this year.
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”. The publication doesn’t have much to share in the way of specifics, but it claims the new console is a “premium successor to the powerful Xbox Series X”, and is currently slated for a 2027 release.
Microsoft has, of course, already confirmed it’s working on a Series X/S successor, with Xbox president Sarah Bond last year saying – amid fan fears the company may be looking to abandon the console market – it 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.”
While 2027 is obviously still some considerable way off, Windows Central says Microsoft has other Xbox hardware plans due to reach fruition much sooner. The company is reportedly currently working alongside an unspecified “PC gaming OEM” to launch an Xbox-branded gaming handheld later this year. It’s claimed the device is 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.