Although Microsoft still has yet to confirm an exact date for the upcoming Xbox Series X release date, the company has recently offered a more specific release window. While it has long been known that the console was coming sometime in “Holiday 2020,” Microsoft has now clarified that it will be coming “Thanksgiving 2020”. As such, the launch should happen sometime during November.
The Official Xbox Series X Release Date
Microsoft didn’t actually release this information as part of a big announcement. Instead, the company simply updated their Xbox Series X website with a new graphic image, which reads; “Coming Thanksgiving 2020”. Given that the previous image had said “Holiday 2020,” a December release was seen as relatively likely. However, it now seems as though gamers can expect the next Xbox to launch sometime in November, close to Thanksgiving.
It’s currently unknown when the PS5 will be launching. Like Microsoft, Sony has said that the PS5 will launch sometime in ‘Holiday 2020’; a window which spans October to December. Of course, an earlier release is much less likely than a later one, releasing perhaps closer to Christmas. This will be especially true if there are any delays or disruptions due to the coronavirus. Now that Xbox has apparently confirmed a November release, Sony may be under pressure to match that themselves. Otherwise, they could risk losing sales if they release a month (or more) later.
The news comes just days after Sony revealed the PS5’s official specs; a reveal which, due to the way in which the information was communicated, left many with the impression that the PS5 might be less powerful than the Series X. Unfortunately, the complexity of Sony’s technical specs weren’t totally clear about how the console uses its revolutionary ‘boost‘ feature to get better performance from a smaller core. (Given that they were originally meant to be released before an audience of developers at GDC, it’s understandable.) As such, gamers should refrain from drawing any conclusions about which machine is more powerful just yet. Certainly not until they actually get to see them in action.