The Next Xbox Console Reportedly Won’t Be a Hybrid Console

Microsoft is rumored to be developing several upcoming titles and one of the consoles some believe to be in development is an Xbox hybrid console similar to the Nintendo Switch. However, according to Windows Central’s JezCorden this turns out to be false. In the latest episode of the Xbox Two podcast, Corden stated that the console will be a standard home console but will have a handheld as an add on. “I’ll tell you now: there’s going to be a separate handheld and there’s going to be an Xbox Series X successor,” he said. “It’s going to be two different things. They’re not just going to try and go all in on handheld only; they’re going to do a more traditional console for the Series X people and then a handheld. […] I’m predicting a Series X successor, a handheld, and the end of the paywall for premium multiplayer games.”

Last year, several new and seemingly upcoming Microsoft devices have leaked thanks to unredacted documents that recently surfaced as a result of court cases for the ongoing Microsoft Activision Acquisition. One of the consoles is reportedly a mid-generation version of the Xbox Series X, codenamed “Brooklin”. Similar to the PlayStation 5 digital console, it will lack a disk drive. The console will be a cylindrical shape, 2TB of Storage, will come with Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, USB-C front port, an all-new southbridge, and more.  It will have the “same great price” as the current Xbox Series X at $499. Another leaked console model, codenamed “Ellewood”, is a light refresh of the Xbox Series S. It will have double the storage of the current Xbox Series S, will have the same $299 price,

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