Microsoft’s Xbox plans leaked—unredacted FTC filing show talks about potential Nintendo acquisition

Key Takeaways:

The documents, which appear to have now been removed from the Northern District of California’s website, showed Microsoft is preparing to release a new version of its Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, along with a redesigned Xbox controller.
A new version of the flagship Xbox Series X console, codenamed “Brooklin”, is set to release sometime in 2024 priced at $499 and it will drop the current version’s disc drive while increasing the onboard storage size from 1TB to 2TB, according to the documents.
The unredacted documents also showed off the new Xbox controller codenamed “Sebile” which is slated to bring long-requested features like motion controls and “haptic feedback”—as seen on the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo Switch Controllers.
A major revelation from the filing highlights internal communication from 2020 at the company where a potential acquisition of Mario-maker Nintendo, PC gaming giant Valve and Warner Bros’ gaming arm were discussed.