A new console generation will be starting soon, and people within Microsoft are confident that it won’t be the last.

The 2020 holiday season will see the beginning of a new console war, as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are due to hit the market at the end of the year. Microsoft and Sony have been doing a great job of hyping up both systems, even though we still don’t know any solid release dates or prices.

A new multiyear console cycle is about to begin, even though people have been predicting the death of the video game console for years now. Director of Program Management and Xbox Series X Jason Ronald recently spoke to Xataka about the future of the Xbox brand, and he believes that home consoles won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. 

The reason why people think that video game consoles are dying is due to the slow start of the PlayStation 4/Xbox One generation, especially as the Nintendo Wii U failed to find an audience. Many short-sighted pundits thought that the exploding popularity of the mobile market was the death knell of the home console, even though they serve their own functions and appeal to different people. The growing PC gaming market was also seen as a concern, with many people investing in a more expensive machine that could play games and perform all of the other functions of a home computer.

“We will make decisions about future consoles later, but I do not think that consoles will disappear soon .”

The growing hype for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X shows that there is still a lot of excitement for home consoles. It’s possible that the streaming game services that have cropped up in recent years (like Google Stadia) will pose more of a threat once the framework is in the place to make them live up to their potential, but there are still lots of people who want a physical device that works without an Internet connection and can be played with people who are sitting next to them on the sofa. No one knows what the gaming landscape will look like within five or ten years’ time, but the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X likely won’t be the last of their kind.

Source: Xataka