New, all-digital Xbox Series X design coming next year

polygon.com:

Microsoft plans to refresh its Xbox hardware lineup in 2024 with new versions of the Series S and Series X consoles and a new “more immersive” controller, according to unredacted documents released as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s case against the Activision Blizzard merger that have apparently been released by accident.

Series X will get the most dramatic redesign, codenamed “Brooklin.” The premium console will have a new, cylindrical case and no disc drive, meaning Xbox will leave physical media behind entirely with this mid-generation refresh. The Series X’s storage will be doubled to 2 TB, its wireless and bluetooth capabilities will be upgraded, it will be more power efficient, and there’ll be a new USB-C port on the front. It will have the same price point as the current console, at $499, and Microsoft is planning to release it in November 2024.

The Brooklin Series X will be preceded to market by “Ellewood,” a new version of the Series S. Ellewood is set to be released in September 2024, again at the existing price point of $299. Ellewood looks much the same as the current Series S, but crucially its storage will be upgraded to 1 TB. (There’s currently a carbon black Series S available with 1 TB of storage, but at the higher price of $349.99.) It will also boast the same improved wireless chipsets and power efficiency as the Brooklin Series X. Microsoft intends to clear stock of the old, 512 GB Series S model with a $199 offer during Black Friday 2024.

Both new consoles will come bundled with the new Xbox controller, codenamed Sebile. Shown in Microsoft’s documents in a two-tone black-and-white finish, this controller will have new precision haptic feedback (with “VCA haptics [that] double as speakers,”