The next-generation Xbox console will be a TV-friendly PC, a well-known Microsoft insider has said. The claim suggests that the Xbox Series X/S successor will mark a significant shift in Microsoft's gaming hardware approach.
Rumors about the next-generation Xbox console have been circulating online since the early 2020s. Microsoft itself started teasing its upcoming hardware in 2024, when its top executives pledged that the next Xbox will aim to deliver the "largest technical leap" ever made in a single console generation.
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While details on the upcoming system remain scarce, some unofficial information has now been shared by Windows Central's Jez Corden. Speaking during an early March 2025 episode of The Xbox Two Podcast (via TheGamer), the long-time Microsoft insider characterized the upcoming Xbox console as "a PC in essence, but with a TV-friendly shell." The Series X and Series S are already architecturally similar to a PC, on account of using AMD's APUs with Zen 2 CPUs and RDNA 2 GPUs. However, Microsoft is now supposedly planning to bring its consoles even closer...
