Not E3: When to expect Sony’s and Microsoft’s next big summer events

I’ve worked from home for years. Now, the whole world is learning something that I’ve known for a while. When your office is your bedroom, “work time” tends to expand to fill in every possible crevice of your life. It’s like The Blob. This is happening to E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), which has shifted from a week-long event into a series of loosely related satellite presentations that lasts for months. But even as announcement season has begun, the calendar still has some notable omissions. What is Microsoft’s next monthly Xbox Series X event, and when is Sony going to do something with PlayStation 5? Well, let’s talk about all of that right now.

When it comes to the big three hardware companies, we still don’t know everything. Or, at least, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony haven’t officially announced exact dates for any summer reveal events. But I can give some insight about their plans, according to sources I’m keeping anonymous.