Xbox handheld console will ‘bring the best of Xbox and Windows together’ with a new OS
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MICROSOFT has revealed more about an upcoming handheld Xbox, stating that we’ll learn more this year. In November last year, Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed that an Xbox handheld is in development, but that it’s still in the early stages. He said that Xbox has made a few handheld prototypes but that several more years of development are needed before release.
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Handheld is one of the most popular ways to game at the moment, proven by the immense popularity of the Nintendo Switch. The other gaming giants, Sony and Valve, have also seen huge popularity with their portable consoles, the PlayStation Portal and the Steam Deck, respectively.
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However, Xbox is the only one of the four biggest companies that has never released a portable console. Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft’s VP of Next Generation Jason Ronald explained more about Xbox’s handheld strategy. During a roundtable at tech exhibition CES called the Future of Gaming Handhelds, Ronald revealed the company’s focus is on bringing Xbox games to Windows.
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There are already a large number of gaming handhelds that run on Windows, but not all of the games available on Xbox consoles run on Windows PCs. After the show Ronald told the website: “We’ve been really innovating for a long time in the console space.
“As we partner across the industry it’s about bringing those innovations that we’ve incubated and developed in the console space and bringing them to PC and bringing them to the handheld gaming space.”. It was previously believed that Microsoft would be developing a handheld version of Xbox consoles, but instead it seems to be combining Xbox with handheld PCs.
