AMD reveals next-gen Xbox could launch in 2027 — CEO says semi-custom SoC ready to 'support launch in 2027'
AMD's top executive hints that a next-gen Xbox is right around the corner.
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AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su let out a hint about when a next-gen Xbox could launch during the company's Q4 2025 earnings call. Providing commentary on client revenue, the top executive said, "Development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC is progressing well to support a launch in 2027."
AMD has been a long-term partner with Microsoft on its Xbox consoles. Both the Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles sport semi-custom AMD SoCs. More recently, AMD and Microsoft partnered for the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X, and the two companies announced a partnership for the next-gen Xbox console in June 2025.
Neither AMD nor Microsoft have confirmed a release window up to this point, but rumors have pointed toward a 2027 for the past several months. In August 2025, leaker Moore's Law is Dead suggested the next-gen APU, reportedly codenamed "Magnus," would leverage Zen 6 and Zen 6c CPU cores, along with an RDNA 5-powered GPU.
The 2027 window runs counter to what we previously expected from the next-gen Xbox. During Microsoft's trial against the FTC concerning its acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, internal Microsoft documents surfaced suggesting a 2028 release. In the documents, Microsoft refers to the device as a "next generation hybrid game platform," and suggested Microsoft was looking at the differences between an ARM64 and x64 ISA.
However, the leaked slide backs up some of the rumors we've heard since, including the partnership with AMD to the use of Zen 6 CPU cores and a "Navi 5" GPU. A road map that was shared as part of the leaked documents showed Microsoft targeting an early 2026 tapeout for silicon, with the first development kits shipping in late 2026 / early 2027. These internal roadmaps are interesting, though internal plans are always subject to change.
Although it sounds like Microsoft is set to launch a next-gen Xbox in 2027, the wording here is important. Su says AMD is ready to "support a launch in 2027," which hedges against AMD out-right confirming the release year. The comment came as part of AMD's prepared remarks for its quarterly earnings call, so the wording is important to take into consideration.
AMD's full financials are live now. Su suggested during the call that AMD is focusing on the enterprise in response to rising RAM costs.
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JamesJones44 I think maybe she meant, supporting Microsoft by getting them production ready SoCs in 2027 for a 2028 launch. Xbox has always launched in November and I doubt they move off of the holiday ticket. For that reason it's hard to believe Microsoft would be a full year ahead of their own internal roadmap, but you never know.Reply -
hotaru251 i forsee the next gen consoles failing to sell well (at corpo level desires)Reply
current price of tech is insanely bloated & few people are goign to want to pay what they will ask (as we are no longer selling consoles ta a loss) -
bigdragon I find this news surprising. The collapse in XBox hardware sales we've seen in the past year means that they won't hit the profit margins that Microsoft wants to see. A lot of commentary around XBox has been focused on licensing the brand out to companies like Asus and MSI to create XBox-certified devices, and Microsoft transitioning to a SEGA-like multiplatform publisher and developer role.Reply
I can't see Microsoft developing enough in-house IP to support another generation of first-party XBox hardware. Maybe we have to see the Steam Machine transition from paper product to actual production consumer device before Microsoft officially steps away from a next-generation XBox hardware though. -
thestryker Reply
It's hard to really make a prediction off of this because Microsoft has flagrantly neglected the hardware side. I picked up a series x for ~$350 a few years ago during holiday sales and since then they've had multiple price hikes without any annual sales. It's pretty clear that they have no interest in really moving the hardware that they've got now which leads me to believe they don't want to build more than their existing contracts.bigdragon said:The collapse in XBox hardware sales we've seen in the past year means that they won't hit the profit margins that Microsoft wants to see. -
blppt I miss the days when consoles would have custom exotic hardware other than just being just basically mini PCs.Reply
Boring from a hardware perspective, though it makes a lot of sense from a business one. -
blppt Reply
Sega has gone from a highly influential company that controlled the hearts and minds of basically one third of the gaming industry and being part of mainstream pop culture, to just a publisher that barely anybody thinks about anymore.bigdragon said:Microsoft transitioning to a SEGA-like multiplatform publisher and developer role.
Granted, Microsoft is far bigger than Sega ever was, and Xbox is just a small portion of their overall business, but in terms of gaming it would just be Sony vs Nintendo again, as it was for a short time after the Dreamcast was abandoned. -
call101010 Reply
not really , I think they will use 32GB HBM in it.umeng2002_2 said:With 8 GB of DDR2 RAM -
hotaru251 Reply
yet still has one of the most iconic mascotsblppt said:to just a publisher that barely anybody thinks about anymore.