Microsoft confirms ‘multi-year’ partnership with AMD for next-gen Xbox

At the Xbox Games Showcase last week, Microsoft announced its collaborative PC handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally. Now in a new video shared this week, Xbox president, Sarah Bond, teased the future via a continued partnership with AMD on chips. 

In an update video this week, Bond confirmed that Xbox will once again be partnering with AMD for its next generation Xbox systems. Microsoft first began using AMD APUs in its consoles with the Xbox One, and that partnership has continued with the Xbox Series X/S consoles. The next generation Xbox, which is anticipated to launch by 2028, will also use an AMD chip at the heart of the console.

This new multi-year agreement with AMD may also extend to handhelds. For now, Microsoft is licensing out the Xbox brand to third-parties like Asus to produce handheld systems. However, Microsoft is said to be interested in making its own handheld gaming system, so we may see a custom designed chip for the first-party Xbox handheld.

Sony is also rumoured to be working with AMD on its own next-generation PlayStation console.

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KitGuru Says: It looks like AMD is going to maintain its position as the main chip supplier for home gaming consoles. 

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