AMD Hints the Next-Gen Xbox Console Could Launch Next Year

An anonymous reader shares a report: Speaking during an earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Lisa Su stated that its development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox SoC is "progressing well to support a launch in 2027."

While the comment doesn't outright confirm the next Xbox will release next year, it indicates that the Microsoft could be ready to launch soon.

BYO RAM

[Anonymous Coward]

As that is how things are now

pointless unless it has Vulkan support

[johnjones]

steam and GOG is crushing it unless they support https://www.vulkan.org/ there is no change let game developers port from mobile using https://www.vulkan.org/

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[sound+vision]

As far as I know it's a graphics library/API similar to DirectX, but with better support across platforms. The majority of games I've ran in Windows or Linux this year seem to use it.

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[sabbede]

Why? What about the absence of the Vulkan API would make the system pointless? Are you saying that because it would be harder to port mobile games (would it really?) that it's pointless? That wouldn't make much sense to me - are there any good mobile -> console/PC ports? Are you saying that Vulkan is better for the developers (seems debatable)?

What are you trying to say?

RAM Shortage

[Mr_Blank]

Will the RAM shortage impact the price?

There have already been reports that chip shortages will impact the availability of chips for home computers, phones, and automobiles. Maybe Microsoft put in a huge order for its requirements and is ahead of the curve.

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[mjwx]

Will the RAM shortage impact the price?

There have already been reports that chip shortages will impact the availability of chips for home computers, phones, and automobiles. Maybe Microsoft put in a huge order for its requirements and is ahead of the curve.

RAM shortage or no, the days of cheap consoles are long gone as Sony/MS are tired of making losses on them, they can no longer afford to wait 5+ years for a payoff that might never come so they cant afford to keep the hardware as a loss leader.

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[Ritz_Just_Ritz]

Heaven forbid that we might have a year or two where these folks actually pick up a book rather than staring at a screen playing games.

Nah, that's just crazy talk.

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[Slyfox696]

Heaven forbid that we might have a year or two where these folks actually pick up a book rather than staring at a screen playing games.

Nah, that's just crazy talk.

I'm curious as to why you think enjoying video games precludes one from also reading a book.

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[Z80a]

Staring at a book is essentially the same as staring at a video game, you're just consuming, not creating.

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[Z80a]

If you're doing something, you're no longer reading a book, even if you're doing something you learned from a book.

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[Gilgaron]

I think doomscrolling social media is more likely to replace video games (and probable in the decline in industry value for video games) than are books.

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[sabbede]

Beloved pal, are you just now starting to figure out why both Kia and Rolls Royce exist?

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[spire3661]

PS5 was hardware profitable 9 months after launch....

Re: RAM Shortage

[TJHook3r]

If RAM shortages don't impact the price then tech bros buying up Xboxes for AI datacentres will!

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[sabbede]

To me, that sounds like you're saying Microsoft cares exactly as much as they need to. Sony, apparently, cared the wrong amount.

I hope they stay modest.

[Qbertino]

A console that has the same performance as the Series X but is cheaper with a more conservative form-factor would be the best way to go IMHO. Doing that while keeping the famous backwards compatability would be the right way to go IMHO. And perhaps just release one version and not two, to make it easier for the developers.

What's the point...

[Feanorian]

when you have the Steam Machine coming ? ;D

In all seriousness, will the Xbox and PS "exclusives" be worth the extra money? For me, not so much. Especially for those who can only own a single device, I think something like the Steam Machine makes more sense simply because it's more capable (not necessarily in graphical performance, but it's an actual computer that you can do work on).

Why?

[MoneySleeps]

When you can stream-play most games on a TV that can run GeForce Now, when the Nex Playground [nexplayground.com] is taking over the kids market, when the Steam Machine [steampowered.com] is imminent, when the market is... what it is, when [insert other reasons, there are plenty], why, oh why on Earth would you bet so big as to release a console subsided by game sales?