Xbox next-gen console releasing sooner than we expected to get jump on PS6, says insider – Xbox | Gaming

I’ll admit, I didn’t think we’d be hearing about any other next-gen consoles this soon, the Nintendo Switch’s imminent successor aside.

You see, we’re still a couple of years away from the end of the current generation’s life cycle.

Both Microsoft and Sony tend to space their consoles six to seven years apart, with both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S landing in 2020.

That places their successors as arriving in 2026 at the very earliest, although many of us in the industry have been saying that 2027 is the more likely year.

And yet new whispers have emerged to suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to release its next console as early as next year.

This tidbit comes from insider TheGhostOfHope who took to social media site Twitter to claim the following, “I’m hearing…more

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