Xbox Series X Release Date Is Not Thanksgiving

The Xbox Series X was listed for a Thanksgiving 2020 release date, but Microsoft tells IGN that the system is still on track for Holiday 2020. An update to the official Xbox Series X website for the UK, India, and Australia listed that the Series X was now coming out in Thanksgiving 2020, up from its holiday 2020 release window. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=9-new-xbox-series-x-images&captions=true"] Microsoft has issued a slight denial and reaffirmed the holiday release window. "Xbox Series X will be available Holiday 2020 alongside Halo Infinite," said a Microsoft representative to IGN when we reached out for a statement. Geoff Keighley also tweeted that, according to his sources, the Xbox Series X release date is unchanged and that there will be no announcement today about the release date.

UPDATE: Sources tell me the Xbox Series X release date is unchanged and still "Holiday 2020." There is no announcement today about a release date.

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) March 18, 2020

Xbox's Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb also tweeted out that the website updates listing Thanksgiving 2020 are 'inaccurate'.

An Xbox product page in some regions inaccurately listed the launch date for Xbox Series X as Thanksgiving 2020. We are committed to launching Holiday 2020

— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) March 18, 2020

A Thanksgiving release date is much more specific than Holiday 2020, but it sounds like Xbox is not yet willing to narrow that release window and lock down the Series X release date. Microsoft did reveal the full Xbox Series X specs earlier this week, which was later followed by Sony revealing the PS5 specs. While we're starting to learn more and more about the next-gen consoles, a release date for both the Series X and PS5 remains unannounced. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

source https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-release-date-is-not-thanksgiving