Microsoft has revealed that it’s engaged on the next-gen Xbox and mentioned will probably be “the most important technical leap you’ll have ever seen in a {hardware} era.” The announcement comes as a part of the Official Xbox Podcast, the place Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty addressed rumors of first-party video games going multiplatform.

Whereas discussing Xbox {hardware}, Bond says that Microsoft is at the moment creating the following era of Xbox consoles, which can embody an enormous technical leap. Whereas no specifics got in regards to the {hardware} itself and when the next-gen consoles may launch, Xbox is making fairly massive claims about its subsequent console era.

Bond additionally briefly talked about that some new Xbox Sequence X|S {hardware} might be coming this vacation. This isn’t the next-gen {hardware}, however as a substitute some new choices for the present console. The Xbox Twitter account shared a extra particular model of this announcement, stating that its releasing “extra console and controller choices for you this vacation.”

There have been rumors of a new-all digital model of the Xbox Sequence X as a part of some leaked FTC paperwork, however the wording right here may imply one thing so simple as a distinct coloured Xbox or one with a distinct dimension of built-in SSD storage. That very same leak additionally included paperwork for a brand new Xbox controller, which would come with haptics, new modular thumb sticks, and a swappable rechargeable battery, which may be the controller reference within the announcement, however once more it may additionally simply be a brand new coloration.

Xbox additionally confirmed throughout the Xbox Podcast that solely 4 video games might be going multiplatform for now, though what these video games occur to be isn’t but public. It was additionally confirmed that Xbox Sport Cross isn’t coming to PS5 or Nintendo Swap and that Diablo 4 will come to Sport Cross in late March.