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in jez we mistrust...

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

It is dramatically different. Whenever Jez speaks about the industry and particularly Xbox related there are pages and pages of derision, often attacks on him personally and professionally. Given the context of that excessive hate, no my pointing out that Sneakers isn't always correct is not remotely in the same league.
Any mistakes from Jez are highlighted and reposted endlessly because of his strong links to the Xbox brand and senior staff. If Sneakers were making more positive claims about Xbox and its future you better believe his credibility would be strongly challenged on this forum.

There's a stark difference between being more positive about Xbox in an honest capacity, versus being a blind fanboy & shill who will spin up FUD and cap for the worst of Microsoft's decisions if it means "sticking it" to PlayStation.

And Jez isn't even the worst of that ilk; dudes like SoloKingRobert Florian Mueller, Post-Up, Destin, Ryan McCaffery, Boomstick (tho they're very upset about the Game Pass stuff, TBF) have been more egregious with it for a while. But Jez has one of the biggest platforms among them; hasn't stopped him from being an Xbox bootlicker most of the time.

Both worded it in a way they can't be wrong, except for timdong who continues to be an embarassment

But Jez has been hilariously wrong a staggering number of times the past two years vs. someone like Sneakers, who is at least on level of Nate Drake/Matt etc. and for Xbox stuff, maybe just a notch below Gestridens at worst.

At some point, track records have to come into play, not just who's saying the things we want to hear :/

 

[Kenneth Haight]

titan of an industry insider like Jez Corden

He certainly is titanic, dude has bigger tits than my wife

 

[jm89]

He certainly is titanic, dude has bigger tits than my wife

So that's how they compensate him.

 

[Ellis]

He certainly is titanic, dude has bigger tits than my wife

You can literally hear Bond's internal screaming looking at this image.

Also. Branston > M&S >>>> Heinz (wattery bollocks)

 

[Bojanglez]

This is either that there were never any real plans for hardware, or (more likely) that the people that would actually know would never tell Jez if it was true, because why would you let the first way of communicating that be Jez?

 

[memoryman3]

UPDATE FROM MICROSOFT

UPDATE (Oct 5, 2025): Microsoft has provided the following statement, echoing our previous report: "We are actively investing in our future first-party consoles and devices designed, engineered and built by Xbox. For more details, the community can revisit our agreement announcement with AMD."

Future first party consoles reconfirmed by Microsoft.

 

[TrippleA345]

UPDATE FROM MICROSOFT



Future first party consoles reconfirmed by Microsoft.

Xbox will survive confirmed

"actively investing"

 

[GoldenEye98]

Spencer needs to rogue and launch the damn console. Don't answer any emails from Satya.

 

[TransTrender]

I read this simply as there are no plans for future Xbox hardware so there's nothing to cancel.
Checkmate atheists!

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

UPDATE FROM MICROSOFT



Future first party consoles reconfirmed by Microsoft.

Random-ass statement on the rumor on a random Sunday afternoon.

This can't be a real company

Also correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Microsoft issue a similar statement of denial after the first rumors of ports to PlayStation started circulating on the internet? I could be misremembering that though, FWIW.

 

[Gona_B_L8]

People are free to discuss as they wish but when a titan of an industry insider like Jez Corden informs us that MS have no plans to cancel any upcoming Xbox hardware it is incumbent on all of us to listen.

Obviously some people will have their own motivations to cast aspersions on Jez's credibility. But for now anyone who is eagerly anticipating exciting next generation Xbox hardware can rest easily.

Surely this is a joke right, right??

 

[Memati187]

So they actually have a plan after all? I am so enlightened, was never disappointed by these trustworthy folks.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

You can literally hear Bond's internal screaming looking at this image.

Also. Branston > M&S >>>> Heinz (wattery bollocks)

Terminally online + obese + diet consisting of canned food (beans in his case) = I don't think that's a dude with good hygiene.

Bond on the other hand = hard would
(the MS exec, not the famous spy)

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Also the fact Microsoft commented on this at all, validates there is substance/truth to the original rumor (and what other people online have been saying since the rumor broke). Even if MS for whatever reason decides to put out another traditional Xbox console (it wouldn't do very well in sales; their credibility with gamers & their base ATM is worst than SEGA's was at the end of Saturn IMHO), we now know for a fact they WERE at least considering exiting the hardware space altogether at some point, rather recently.

And that could still end up happening, since discussions are ongoing. But if MS themselves say no-go to putting out their own hardware, to just let OEMs build console-like PCs and implement Windows + the new UI frontend, then that is another option, all things considered.

 

[Karim]

UPDATE: Full article.

No, Xbox's next gen console hardware plans aren't cancelled — for now (UPDATE: Microsoft responds)

Rumors are swirling that Xbox is going to kill its hardware ecosystem. It's not true ... for now, but it easily could've been true, given how nonsensically Xbox acts lately.

www.windowscentral.com

In light of the @SneakersSO rumors about the validity of the next Xbox. The successor the Series X, Xbox "Melrose" is still slated for 2027.



Jez is also currently investigating rumors of an Xbox OEM PC launching in 2026.

 

[Neo_game]

I am sure there will be some sort of hardware for sure considering Magnus chip was leaked. But since it specs are too good for console, it could be an Xbox laptop or mini PC, entry level Xbox PC

 

[Minari]

Cant cancel what isnt planned KEK

 

[DForce]

 

[The Mad Draklor]

So OP gets laughed at in another thread, so he decides to make a new thread citing a shill to damage control.

 

[Humdinger]

@SneakersSO Any comments on Jez's words?

Don't bother Sneakers with this nonsense.