{"id":322192,"date":"2025-10-21T21:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322192\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:56:11","slug":"did-microsoft-just-tease-that-the-next-xbox-is-a-pc-and-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322192\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Microsoft just tease that the next Xbox is a PC and console?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We already know that the next-gen Xbox console isn\u2019t locked to a single store<\/a>, will use an AMD chip inside, and will maintain compatibility with an existing library of Xbox games. Now, Microsoft appears to be teasing that the next-gen Xbox will be some type of hybrid console and PC.<\/p>\n

Xbox president Sarah Bond sat down with Mashable this week to discuss the latest Xbox Ally X handheld, and dropped some vague hints about Microsoft\u2019s next-gen Xbox console. When asked about rumors that the next-gen Xbox console will be more like a gaming PC, Bond appeared to agree. \u201cI can tell you you\u2019re right, that the next-gen console is going to be a very premium, very high-end curated experience,\u201d said Bond. \u201cYou\u2019re starting to see some of the thinking we have in this handheld, but I don\u2019t want to give it all away.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been writing for more than a year<\/a> that the next Xbox console<\/a> will be more PC-like<\/a>, and that the Xbox Ally devices are an early look<\/a> at what\u2019s to come. Bond\u2019s latest comments are subtle, but they once again line up with her previous promise of delivering an \u201cXbox experience not locked to a single store or tied to one device,\u201d and prioritizing Windows. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re working closely with the Windows team to ensure that Windows is the number one platform for gaming,\u201d said Bond in June, while announcing a multi-year partnership<\/a> with AMD for a portfolio of Xbox devices.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m convinced that Microsoft\u2019s next-gen Xbox console will be powered by Windows and be part of a number of devices from third parties that Microsoft also considers Xbox consoles. A $1,000 Xbox Ally X handheld tests the appetite<\/a> for pricey next-gen consoles, and it may well also test the appetite for a combination of Xbox and Windows. Perhaps that\u2019s what Bond means when she says the next-gen Xbox will deliver \u201cthe largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We already know that the next-gen Xbox console isn\u2019t locked to a single store, will use an AMD…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":156533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[393,252,50,242,158,67,132,68,3768],"class_list":{"0":"post-322192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gaming","9":"tag-microsoft","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-xbox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115414393509759248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}