The the Xbox Series X | S and PS5 generation would already have an expiration date. As you know, Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is pending acceptance by various entities and agencies with expertise in the field of large corporations, as is the case. Microsoft hopes to formalize the Activision purchase early next year, as long as it gains acceptance from those bodies. The Brazilian CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense) has already declared itself in favor and the next round would correspond to the European Commission. Although, if it goes along the lines of Microsoft’s acquisition of Zenimax, there are unlikely to be any problems.
The Xbox Series X and PS5 generation would already be over, according to the European Commission:
It is precisely in the Decision of the European Commission, on the acquisition of Zenimax by Microsoft, that we found clues about the end of the generation of Xbox Series X and PS5. In addition to mentioning the little importance that this purchase had, at the time, in the figures of Sony and Nintendo, which had an advanced position in the console market compared to Microsoft, it also showed very interesting details on the life cycle of the new generation console. :
“The life cycle of the previous generation lasted 8 years, while the other previous generations had longer cycles, over ten years. Compared to the current generation, Microsoft and Sony they plan to stop sales of their respective consoles in the course of 2028 ″, as stated in the European Commission Decision in relation to Microsoft’s purchase of Zenimax.
Taking into account that the information was requested and offered as part of Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard by international organizations, unlikely to be fake. So while the market may still vary a bit from now to then, everything points to the Xbox Series X | S and PS5 going out of business in 2028.
