Next-gen Xbox console coming way too soon, fans complain

I don’t know about you but I truly feel like I’ve had my PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S consoles for a mere five minutes. It’s bizarre to think that we’re already barrelling towards the next console generation.

Already, Sony has described the PlayStation 5 as being in the “latter stages” of its life cycle. It shouldn’t come as a surprise. We’re just over three years in with most PlayStation generations lasting six to seven years. Still, hasn’t time flown? Before we move onto the PlayStation 6, it’s expected that a PlayStation 5 Pro will drop - built with Grand Theft Auto VI in mind. As for Xbox, we recently heard that the next Xbox would feature the largest “technical leap” seen thus far in console development, a rather bold but exciting claim. Xbox owners aren’t quite ready to move on just yet though.

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It’s a topical discussion within the Xbox community. “Kinda don’t want a new Xbox coming out in 2026,” wrote Reddit user Dago2792. “I got my Xbox Series X in 2022 and hearing about a new Xbox coming in 2026, it just feels too soon but that's just me [though]. Does anyone else feel this way?” Just like the PS5, six years isn’t an abnormal length of time of an Xbox console generation, yet this gen does feel weirdly short.

Perhaps it’s because there haven’t been a huge number of major releases. Last year saw Starfield launch on Xbox, but it followed a rather quiet 2022. “Unless there is a super amazing game coming out in 2026 exclusive to the new Xbox, I am not buying the new console then. I’m still gonna give it a couple years,” added user ValusMaul while ThanOneRandomGuy wrote, “I will not be buying it until I see a game that actually uses all its potential. The current gen [is] supposed to be so powerful. Not saying it's not, but it's a bit disappointing seeing some [of] these games having performance or quality options.”

I think that’s key. It’s no good having a decent launch line-up followed by several sparsely populated years which is what it feels like we’ve had this time around with both the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Here’s to hoping that won’t be an issue going forwards.