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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.

www.tomshardware.com

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 has 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, from 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.

 

[Artistic]

Terrible.

 

[adamsapple]

HeisenbergFX4
K KeplerL2

Elder statesmen of Magnus leaks, assemble !

 

[GHG]

Hmmm... "semi-custom", where have I heard that word before?

 

[m14]

The most exciting development in gaming for a generation or more.

 

[adamsapple]

Hmmm... "semi-custom", where have I heard that word before?

Where?

 

[bender]

 

[GHG]

Where?

Not sure, think it was somewhere in this thread:

News Hardware  Thread 'Xbox Series X | S Estimated to Have Sold 37 million units (may be < 30m)'

Jul 31, 2025

Mod Edit: @Welfare clarification below. Updating title.



RIP Xbox Series X|S

Someone asked me if XBS was at 40M yet and I said ~37M so I guess that's the tweet being referenced. "would" is weird to include but could just be a grammar thing.

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[adamsapple]

Not sure, think it was somewhere in this thread:

News Hardware  Thread 'Xbox Series X | S Estimated to Have Sold 37 million units (may be < 30m)'

Jul 31, 2025

Mod Edit: @Welfare clarification below. Updating title.



RIP Xbox Series X|S

Someone asked me if XBS was at 40M yet and I said ~37M so I guess that's the tweet being referenced. "would" is weird to include but could just be a grammar thing.

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[Skifi28]

The most exciting development in gaming for a generation or more.

Truly exciting stuff, can't wait for Microsoft to invent the PC in 2027! There's dozens of people waiting!

 

[Tobimacoss]

First Dev Kits shipping late 2026 or early 2027. So summer 2027 release?

 

[mckmas8808]

We need K KeplerL2 thoughts on this. Can a early 2026 tapeout = a early 2027 launch date?

 

[adamsapple]

First Dev Kits shipping late 2026 or early 2027. So summer 2027 release?

I'd imagine dev kits would need to be sent out more than 6 months before projected launch if they want to have games for the thing ready by launch, whether new or updates to older games.

 

[Radical_3d]

Next generation next year wherever the market is ready OR NOT!!

 

[KeplerL2]

We need K KeplerL2 thoughts on this. Can a early 2026 tapeout = a early 2027 launch date?

2nd half

 

[StereoVsn]

2nd half

November 2027 would make sense then.

 

[The Cockatrice]

The fact that there's a "could" for a 2027 year, means it's 2028 or more.

 

[adamsapple]

November 2027 would make sense then.

Time for another The Game Awards reveal!

 

[PauloRoberto]

Outside gaming bubbles and outside zealots life's... this last MS attempt to be relevant on video games will be as impactful as Surface.

 

[Fafalada]

Great - the first console to launch with no built-in RAM, and selling add-on packs to boot it.

Maybe 'that's' how MS gets all the market share back...

 

[Radical_3d]

2nd half

 

[DenchDeckard]

Looking forward to seeing what this ends up being.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Like anyone cares what they launch or not..

Lol

A PS2 mini would sell more in 2027

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

HeisenbergFX4
K KeplerL2

Elder statesmen of Magnus leaks, assemble !

Its coming much to the dismay of many

 

[Magic Carpet]

I expect all the chips to 'fall' off the back of a truck and be found at an AI farm.
Only Youtubers will be getting actual boxes.

Damn I've become jaded.

 

[bitbydeath]

First Dev Kits shipping late 2026 or early 2027. So summer 2027 release?

No dev kit's required for this one.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Its coming much to the dismay of many

Not dismay... but looking how MS is treating this division, this last xbox IF released, will have surface levels of importance to the market (and they have only themselves to blame!)

 

[MisterXDTV]

What Dev Kits????

For a fucking PC like any other millions?

 

[Akuji]

Like anyone cares what they launch or not..

Lol

A PS2 mini would sell more in 2027

A good ps2 mini could potentially outsell everything Else on the market in 2026.

 

[Darsxx82]

Like anyone cares what they launch or not..

Lol

A PS2 mini would sell more in 2027

Ladies and gentlemen, this is coming from someone who mentions Xbox every single day and in every thread, even though it's supposedly dead, more than any other console brand.

Anyway, is a "tell me you're suffering and furious about some news, without actually telling me you're suffering and furious about some news..."

Great contribution

 

[bender]

Its coming much to the dismay of many

No way is it coming dis May.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is coming from someone who mentions Xbox every single day and in every thread, even though it's supposedly dead, more than any other console brand.

Anyway, is a "tell me you're suffering and furious about some news, without actually telling me you're suffering and furious about some news..."

Great contribution

It is living rent free in several people's heads that is for sure

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

I don't understand the logic by MS releasing a new console.
Who will buy it besides Adam and Miku?

 

[nial]

I don't understand the logic by MS releasing a new console.
Who will buy it besides Adam and Miku?

the hope of making a ton of profit from dozens of adams and mikus buying it, margins need to be high enough for it to be viable

 

[neocycle]

Boom. Next gen starts next year.

 

[adamsapple]

Like anyone cares what they launch or not..

Lol

A PS2 mini would sell more in 2027

I thought you had me on ignore, how you seeing my posted threads bro?

 

[NickFire]

I hope they do release it a solid year before ps6. Would give the market a good amount of time to digest the pc hybrid and get a handle on any sort of catches before choosing a new system. I'm seasonally interested in the price to performance ratio, and whether access to steam will automatically for anyone who purchases it. Or if you will need a paid game pass sub to access steam and of play online

 

[Skifi28]

I thought you had me on ignore, how you seeing my posted threads bro?

Nobody can resist the forbidden apple.

 

[Tobimacoss]

No dev kit's required for this one.

Did you even read the article? Yes there are dev kits required

 

[Topher]

Going to be interesting to see this thing finally. We've been talking about this thing for quite a while.

 

[Kenshin775]

Xbox Full Screen Experience has improved in the last few months on my Xbox Ally. The responsiveness is getting much better. Moving through the UI with the joystick and pressing on the Xbox button works most of the time. But the other 5-10% of the time it doesn't, its trash lol. This is not acceptable for people that want console ease of use. Once they get this at 100% and they make system updates just a one button press then it should be fine. They got almost 2 years to perfect the UI. I think it will be fine.

Easier stuff they need to work on would just be making the popups, login screen and downloading games more xbox like. IE games should still download when in sleep mode, you should not have to manually adjust settings for this like with the Xbox Ally.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Boom. Next gen starts next year.

Next Gen starts when Sony says so

A new irrelevant mini-pc changes nothing

 

[adamsapple]

Its coming much to the dismay of many

Gonna be interesting to just toggle over to Desktop mode to play those 'six month console exclusive' games on day 1, then go back to Xbox mode as needed.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Gonna be interesting to just toggle over to Desktop mode to play those 'six month console exclusive' games on day 1, then go back to Xbox mode as needed.

 

[DryvBy]

They'd be better of investing in a Bill Gates super condom.

 

[reinking]

Going to be interesting to see this thing finally. We've been talking about this thing for quite a while.

It looks like we might start getting more Steam Machine and Xbox hardware info soon. I'm cautiously excited.

 

[SmurfMustard]

Next Gen starts when Sony says so

A new irrelevant mini-pc changes nothing

You really should change your name to MisterXBox with as much space XBox seems to take up inbetween your ears.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Xbox Full Screen Experience has improved in the last few months on my Xbox Ally. The responsiveness is getting much better. Moving through the UI with the joystick and pressing on the Xbox button works most of the time. But the other 5-10% of the time it doesn't, its trash lol. This is not acceptable for people that want console ease of use. Once they get this at 100% and they make system updates just a one button press then it should be fine. They got almost 2 years to perfect the UI. I think it will be fine.

Easier stuff they need to work on would just be making the popups, login screen and downloading games more xbox like. IE games should still download when in sleep mode, you should not have to manually adjust settings for this like with the Xbox Ally.

Updates do indeed be some wonky stuff on the FSE. I don't know for sure if it's doing anything untill I launch into regular desktop mode and check the store.
WHY have they not put game updates in the xbox app? That should have been done years ago.

 

[Tobimacoss]

I feel like you know something about PlayStation Publishing that you are hiding.

 

[videogamedude]

is it just me or is the next xbox more of a steambox competitor than playstation?