A new claim from a Call of Duty data miner suggests that the next Xbox console could launch as soon as 2026. The console would also feature that year’s Call of Duty as a launch title.
“Hearing from trusted sources that the next Xbox is planned to be released in late 2026,” The Ghost of Hope wrote. “Very likely that COD2026 is a day one release for it.”
Call of Duty 2026 is being developed by Infinity Ward. It’s also worth noting that Ghost of Hope has sources within Activision, which could be where his information is coming from.
Microsoft has gone on record multiple times in saying that a next-generation Xbox console would be coming. In an episode of the official Xbox podcast in February Xbox president Sarah Bond said that the company was exited about what’s coming with future Xbox hardware.
“We’re also invested in the next-generation roadmap,” she said. “What we’re really focused on there is delivering the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation, which makes it better for players and better for creators and the visions that they’re building.”
In April, according to an internal email, she reiterated the company was “moving full speed ahead” on the next system.
As far as a timeline for a next-gen console goes, it was discovered as part of the case investigation Microsoft’s purchase of Activision that the belief was that next-gen consoles from both Microsoft and Sony wouldn’t be coming until 2028. The document sourced in the case was from 2022.
In it’s most recent earnings, however, Microsoft says that Xbox hardware sales were down 31% year over year. That could change the timeline for getting its next console out the door.
Aside from a next-gen system, a new white Xbox Series X is expected to be released at some point.
It’s worth noting that nothing regarding the next generation Xbox console has been confirmed by Microsoft, and likely won’t be addressed. So, with any rumor like this that hasn’t been confirmed or independently verified by Flizzyy, please take the claims with a grain of salt.
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