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Angelus said:

Ryuu96 said:

With 2026 being the 25th anniversary of Xbox, I wonder if they announce the Xbox console next year or at least talk about it some more, it doesn't have to be announced at the June showcase, they can focus on the games first such as Halo, Gears, Forza and Fable but then at the end of the celebration (which would be November 11th) they could perhaps announce the new console, or wait until TGA's in December. It alongside a Halo CE Remake would be a brilliant way to cap off the 25th celebrations.

I wouldn't be super shocked if the new console just releases at the end of next year tbh

That would be amazing but I actually think it wouldn't be the hardware that won't be ready but the software, if it all matches likely speculation then the first major hurdle would be full emulation on Windows PCs for Xbox titles, the next major hurdle would be license negotiations and the final major hurdle would be a custom gaming focused Windows with Xbox UI/UX on Desktop PCs.

I don't know if we'll get all 3 of those things within a year and a bit. You could probably have hardware ready for 2026 but there's going to have to be major changes and updates to the software side of things, so I'm leaning more towards 2027.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 17 June 2025