Xbox 'Magnus' Set to Outpower PS6 'Orion' With More Cores, Memory, and AI Hardware

Sony's next PlayStation is expected to arrive in 2027, according to reliable hardware leaker KeplerL2. This insight dovetails with what Mark Cerny, the PlayStation's lead system architect, said last week about a "future console" being just a few years away. The timeline also follows Sony's typical seven-year cycle, as the PlayStation 4 launched in 2013 and the PlayStation 5 in 2020.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is still working on its console plans. Recently, Microsoft denied claims that it had given up on producing new consoles.

The YouTube channel Moore's Law Is Dead reported last week that a 2027 Xbox release is also forthcoming, though Microsoft is said to be unsure whether it will be a standard console or a hybrid PC system. The same source that revealed details of the PS5 Pro mentioned that the next Xbox may have more power than the presumed PlayStation 6, but could ...