I just can't see how this could be true based on MS's own timeline slides from their FTC leak. That had the SOC design complete 4 years before console release which for a late '26 console would be late '22. Never mind all the other dozens of steps, milestones, and disclosures. Plus we surely would have had a lot of leaks by now if we're 2 years out just like we have with all previous consoles....
Unless they skip a tonne of steps in a rush (not realistically possible)
or this HW is something very different than a traditional console like Series X, then I can't see this as a possible launch date. I mean the same FTC slides have them disclosing to 3rd parties 2 years before launch and you know our boy
HeisenbergFX4
would have these details....!
*IF* late '26 is the time then we *have* to get solid leaks from the big guns in the next 3 months IMO.