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Ryuu96 said:
Angelus said:

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.

The job started years ago with the “Play Anywhere” initiative. Thousands of games already compatible. Add to that the hundreds if not thousands of games that the backward compatibility team already worked on for Xbox One era. I think those games would be easier to work on.