If the next Xbox is a PC, Microsoft needs to prove it can avoid Windows’ biggest problems

Xbox controller on a Razer Blade laptop with the Xbox app open.

The next Xbox is a full Windows PC, that much we know. What we know less is exactly how Microsoft is going to go about it.

The next Xbox is still a fair bit away, dropping in late 2027 at the earliest, according to my most recent information. I received details about the next-gen Xbox around the same time I exclusively reported on Project Kennan, now known as the Xbox Ally.