While many gaming fans are presently content with the platforms that the current generation has to offer, there are always some who continue to look toward the future in order to wonder and predict what kind of cutting-edge technology and hardware will be offered to consumers. One such person is Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, who recently stated that he believes both Halo 6 and Gears of War 5 will launch for the Xbox One and not be pushed back to Microsoft's next-gen hardware.

Pachter predicted as much to GamingBolt, with the Wedbush Securities analyst stating that he believes the follow up to the Xbox One won't come until quite a while from now, with Halo 6 and Gears of War 5 being first-party titles to grace the current generation of gamers. According to Pachter, "I think Xbox Two, or whatever they call it, will be a 2020 event, so I will be very surprised if we don’t get Halo and Gears before that."

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Naturally, many Xbox One fans would be elated to have both Halo 6 and Gears of War 5 see releases during the current generation, especially when one considers the dearth of first-party titles that the platform is experiencing at the moment. If Pachter is correct, one will be launched significantly earlier than the other, though, with the analyst saying, "If I had to bet, Halo this year, Gears next year. I think Microsoft has been very quiet, but we’re getting them in the next two years."

Interestingly enough, Pachter is also hedging his bets when it comes to the launch of the next Xbox console, with the Wedbush Securities analyst saying, "If I’m wrong about what year the next Xbox launches in, then I think one of them will be a launch title. It won’t be exclusive, I think it will be old gen and new gen, like Nintendo did with Breath of the Wild on Wii U and Switch." Should he be right on this front, then Microsoft would definitely be doing its best to please all of its fans, but perhaps we will learn more at the company's E3 2018 press conference.

Halo 6 and Gears of War 5 have yet to receive official announcements.

Source: GamingBolt