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Xbox's new hardware plans begin with a [PC OEM] gaming handheld set for later this year, with full next-gen consoles targeting 2027

www.windowscentral.com Xbox's hardware fightback begins with a gaming handheld planned for later this year, with full next-gen consoles targeting 2027

Microsoft's first full foray into PC gaming handhelds begins with a partner device set to launch later this year, with its own Xbox Series X|S successors now fully in production.

Xbox's hardware fightback begins with a gaming handheld planned for later this year, with full next-gen consoles targeting 2027

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Xbox's hardware fightback begins with a gaming handheld planned for later this year, with full next-gen consoles targeting 2027

www.windowscentral.com /gaming/xbox/xbox-hardware-report-project-keenan-next-gen-xbox-2027

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I'm envisioning full cloud gaming. Games are all hosted in Azure. Device is just a thin client, and it becomes useless if you stop paying your subscription. Of course, it'd already be useless on flights and anywhere with spotty internet.
Has that perfect MS blend of being built on Windows, requiring a subscription fee, and totally missing the whole point of being a handheld.
- If true, completely defeats the purpose IMO. Most of the playtime on my Nintendo Switch has been on flights or trains.
  
  There's still a market for that. People liked the Nvidia Shield and that's more or less what it is afaik.
  
  Just route it through your phone's access point.

Microsoft continuing the trend of copying someone else's homework... Poorly.
- And then adding some sleezy monthly subscription into it
- I mean, Sony is also guilty of this. The PS1 would never have existed if they didn't copy the Super Nintendo (they even have nearly the same sound chip, designed by the same person even). Everyone copies everyone else. The Steam Deck is a SteamOS copy of a Switch but better, the Switch is a copy of a GameVice Wikipad but includes a 2015 NVidia Shield tablet.
  If nobody copied anyone else, very little progress or advancement could be made, because everyone would just keep reinventing the wheel.
  
  The ps1 didnt copy the snes. Nintendo contracted Sony to design a CD attachment for the snes, but then nintendo went to Philips and partnered with the CD-i project. Which pissed off sony and they used their experience and infinite resources to design a new system purely in spite. It just turned out being too good.
  As for using the "same" sound chip. Are we really suprised that a company who owns a circuit chip manufacturer would use their own chips?
  
  Where is the new NGage!!!?
  
  No.1 Why the fuck are you bringing up sony on this, we're not on reddit, fanboys foff
  No. 2 Sony had a well known (for people with two neurons to rub together) partnership with Nintendo to have their tech (CDs) on Nintendo's next console, they backstabbed sony and that's the event that spurred the PlayStation. If you want to call out sony, NEC were the first to bring CDs to console.
  No. 3 You're probably young and that's why you are not familiar with EEE. Microsoft's strategy is literally the same as cancer cells, I don't know how anyone can defend a corporation like this but, here we are...
  No. 4 Microsoft has a history of copying better build/designed/thought out products with a facsimile electro trash designed to get people to subscribe to one of their cancerous offerings. If you want more details, you're welcome to hear more about it on your successful Zune player.

I’ll believe it when I see Windows running at any sort of performance and battery life in a handheld format. Windows always has issues with breaking out the desktop or very robust laptop format.

The actual hardware is irrelevant to their success unless they can pull off a Surface Pro type of innovative market lead (which we all know they can’t do anymore).
The only thing that matters is the ecosystem. Make every Windows machine an Xbox. Make the OS lean and portable. Run the same OS and games on PCs, laptops, handhelds, and set-top boxes. That’s it. Then console generations are obsolete and Sony is playing catch up.
- Make the OS lean and portable.
  You think they're more capable of this than hardware innovation?
  
  Fair point. They basically did it with Windows 8 (engineering-wise), but that was even longer ago than the Surface Pro.

Just need to get steam os on it

They can’t even get a console to market anymore, why are they branching off to handhelds lol.
- Because the Steamdeck proved there was a market, and didn't run Windows so Microsoft got nothing from it.
- What do you mean? How is Microsoft unable to get a console to market?

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