While Xbox might be pushing for more of its first-party games to appear on competing platforms, that doesn’t mean the division will stop pushing for consoles altogether.

On the contrary, it seems we’re a year away from seeing the next-gen Xbox make an appearance — at least if certain people are to be believed.

Mind, it’s not just a random person or an anonymous report that’s saying this, but the actual big cheese of a multi-billion dollar tech company, which we think might know a thing or two that the gaming public doesn’t know about.

Next-Gen Xbox Out in 2027 Per AMD

Speaking in a video interview with GamesBeat (paywalled), AMD CEO Lisa Su basically confirmed the next-gen Xbox, which is currently unnamed, is on track for release in 2027.

Su said, “From a product standpoint, Valve is on-track to begin shipping its AMD-powered Steam Machine early this year, and development of Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC is progressing well to support a launch in 2027.”

You can’t get more cut-and-dry than that, right? While Microsoft hasn’t commented on when we’ll see the next Xbox drop, 2027 seems like a good estimate given the Xbox Series X|S was released in 2020. Give or take a few years, a console’s lifecycle usually lasts for five years.

Will gamers embrace the next-gen right away? Probably not since the current consoles (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2) we have now have a lot of life yet. Unless these new next-gen consoles can offer something more than just a graphical upheaval.

In any case, it seems like we’re nearing the start of a next-gen console era, and that’s always exciting.

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