Microsoft's Future Xbox Plans Next-Gen Console, Handheld Version and More

TapTechNews May 19th, data miner TheGhostOfHope recently posted on the X platform, revealing that Microsoft plans to launch the next-generation Xbox console in 2026, and the console will feature Call of Duty as the escort game.

According to TapTechNews' previous report, there were previously sources who said that Microsoft will also launch a handheld version created by the Surface team in addition to the regular console form.

In the Microsoft Xbox special program in February this year, Xbox president Sarah Bond mentioned the next-generation Xbox hardware in her speech and claimed that this will be 'the biggest technological leap you've ever seen', and she also said that she will share some 'exciting hardware products' and 'the next-generation roadmap' this year 'holiday' (TapTechNews note: generally refers to this year's Christmas holiday).

Microsoft plans to update its Xbox Series X console with a brand new design and features in 2024, code-named Brooklin (Brooklyn), and this design has been accidentally disclosed in the documents of the FTC suing Microsoft.

As can be seen from the picture, the new Xbox Series X console adopts a cylindrical design and will not have an optical drive. Microsoft's internal confidential documents show that the console has a maximum storage of 2TB, USB-C interface power supply, and a 'brand new, more immersive game controller'.

And from the previously leaked controller design drawing by the official, it can be seen that the controller adopts a black and white panda color scheme, and the overall key layout is basically unchanged, code-named Sebile, and finally brings a gyroscope accelerometer, with a price of $69.99 (TapTechNews note: currently about 506 yuan).