Rumor: Microsoft’s Next Xbox Console Will Be Using Win32 (Technology From 1995? Really?) | Gaming

If this is true, it opens up a Pandora’s box of problems alongside the benefits.

What is the future of Microsoft’s Xbox consoles? A lot of PlayStation fans are eager to discourse about how the console wars is over, ignoring that Microsoft’s console plans actually got leaked. But now, a new rumor is once again inviting gamers and industry observers to scratch their heads.

Jez Corden of Windows Central has shared a strange tidbit that he’s heard from one of his sources. In his words:

“Microsoft is working hard to integrate Xbox and Windows game development more closely into the future. Windows Central understands that traditional Win32 will be the preferred development environment for the next mainline Xbox consoles, with Xbox One/Series X|S “ERA” environment gradually phased out.

Where that leaves our existing library of Xbox ERA games remains to be seen,…more

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