Of all the main console manufacturers in the history of the games, Xbox He's the only one who has not released a pocket computer. Despite the successes that PlayStation and Nintendo enjoyed with their portable devices, Xbox strangely reluctant to move on this market. However, this seems to have changed in the future. Over the past few months, the reports have been indicating that Microsoft has been working on one, but on two Xbox handheld computers. One of them is reportedly produced by the company itself, while the other is created by the manufacturer of PC Asus.
In March, Corden Windows Central said that the Asus Xbox pocket computer, Codenamed Project Kennan, will come out at the end of this year. This device, he said would be effectively to be the Xbox brand ROG Ally. In other words, it will only be possible to play PC games and natively no games designed for Xbox consoles. Meanwhile, Microsoft's own handheld computers apparently launched along with the next generation Xbox in 2027 and would be compatible with Xbox console games. The system even reportedly contains a docking station, similar to the Nintendo switch, but now it is not clear if they will ever see daylight.
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Long -term Xbox Handheld Microsoft may never see daylight
The native pocket computer Xbox from Microsoft was reportedly laid on the back burner
If news of the native Xbox pocket computer is true, the console seems to be quite promising and would fill the main gap in the Xbox hardware ecosystem. Unfortunately, it seems that pocket computers will not be released early. At the beginning of this week, Jez Corden announced that Microsoft's portable devices have been moved to favor PC handling -based PCs, such as Project Kennan. Although Microsoft still wants to produce its own pocket computer in the future, it will not work until 2028, first. This means that there is always a possibility that it can be canceled later.
Generation Xbox Series X/S has been spoiled by inconsistency
Perhaps the biggest problem Xbox suffered during the Xbox Series X/S generation is inconsistency. It seems that Microsoft cannot follow the business plan for its game division without changing it every few years. When the Xbox X/S series was released for the first time in 2020, Microsoft consistently offered it as the “most powerful console in the world” and sold it to the promise of inadmissible exclusive first parties. After Microsoft acquired Bethesd in 2021, the Xbox Phil Spencer head claimed that most, not all, future Bethesda would be exclusive to platforms where there is a Game Pass (eg Xbox, PC and Cloud).
Although less than five years have passed since then, most of these promises have failed to take place. Xbox Series X/S is no longer the strongest console on the market. Instead, PS5 Pro is and Microsoft has not shown any interest in creating a direct competitor. As if it wasn't bad enough, Xbox Series X/S also received very few convincing exclusive AAAs. The output of the exclusive content of Microsoft has already been very thin this gene and its new multiplatform beer has deteriorated the situation. Recently the company has begun sending almost all of its first -party games, including Forza Horizon 5 and Gears of War: Reloadedon the PlayStation and/or Nintendo consoles.
It is unlikely that Microsoft's hardware plans will remain the same in 2028 and then
The Xbox strategy has shifted consistently in the last few years, and many of them have lost their confidence in the brand. Although Microsoft claims to release the Xbox of the new generation, some are skeptical that it sometimes comes out. It also seems that the future of his hands Xbox Handheld looks quite shaking. If Microsoft has already deprived the development of the system, as Corden's weir claimed, then there is no warranty that it will ever come out. Honestly, it is hard to believe that the company's hardware plans will remain the same in the next three to four years, given how the current managed Xbox consoles.
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Microsoft
- Operating system
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Proprietary (based on Windows)
- Storage
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1TB WD SN530 NVME SSD
- VR support
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No
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720p – 4K UHD
- App Store
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Microsoft Store
