New Interview Shares Mid-Gen Xbox Is Currently Not On The Roadmap

So far, the Xbox Series X|S has contended in being the best-selling console for Microsoft yet. And while fans are contempt with the power of the current hardware, there is hope for a new system to come during the half-way point for the Xbox Series lifecycle. Like the Xbox 360 Elite & Xbox One X before it, there is a pattern that the industry anticipates Microsoft to follow.

Previously, Phil Spencer in an interview with Kotaku ahead of launch for Xbox Series X|S shared plans for Microsoft to iterate on the latest console in future calendars. Additionally, it appears Sony Interactive Entertainment is doing something like that already. In that, the PlayStation firm is preparing to launch a new iteration without the disc drive, Instead, it will arrive as a digital system with the option to purchase a USB-C external player.

However, for Xbox, that is not the case. In a following interview after Sunday’s Xbox Game Showcase presentation, Phil Spencer told Bloomberg that there is no mid-generation console on the horizon. Spencer explains “that’s not the feedback we’re getting right now.” He further stated that the company is “pretty set on the hardware we have.”

The development surely comes at a surprise despite the number of praise Microsoft shares so far for its current generation. It goes on to put into perspective a unique approach the Xbox firm is taking when looking at Nintendo. The Nintendo Switch has iterated twice on itself with the Nintendo Switch Lite & Nintendo Switch OLED Model. The latter recently rolled out a new edition for the latest Zelda title.

Nonetheless, Xbox does plan to ship a new Xbox this year even though it shared plans for a mid-generation Xbox is not on the map. In that, a new carbon black Xbox Series S is coming later this fall and will include a 1 TB SSD hard drive. You can read the full report by heading here.

What are your thoughts on the new development for the Xbox Series generation?

Source: Bloomberg