Xbox Handheld: Yes or No?

[Arkaign]

It could be done, but not in a way that they would actually do.

Needs to be :

i5-level 7" tablet with 8GB ram and advanced iGPU, 2K screen, full XB controller support, $299 + XBLG (subsidized by subscription cost), immediate porting of the 360 library @ $5-$20/ea per title. Mini-HDMI output, wireless N/AC, LTE support. Performance level near XB1 and basically capable of running all XB1 titles @ 720p by porting via DX12. Run Windows 9 'gaming edition'. Make deals with verizon/etc to bundle them with contracts w/free Windows phone.

It could be the transition device to get out of the costly money-sink of home consoles. Microsoft has failed consistently to achieve their visions and goals. The impetus to join the home console battle was a supremely ignorant and ludicrously stupid attempt to stall potential competitors from threating them via the living room, when in point of fact their real threats came from mobile and premium/cloud challengers in the form of Apple/Google.

Think about this : Microsoft could have never made an Xbox AT ALL, and be better off now by a fairly huge margin. What has it ever done for them? They already owned the PC/Laptop/Server markets, nobody was capable of challenging them there, not even Apple to be honest (whom was saved by Gates ironically). The 'brand' boost, is an illusion at best, as Xbox achieving mediocrity on a global scale couldn't make their Zune, their Phones, or their Tablets more than a footnote in each area.

So anyway, if they ARE planning on doing anything at all, they need to get creative and drop their 'smash head into wall repeatedly' strategy of the last 15 years in terms of devices.

Microsoft as a software/services company? MAD PROFITS / SUCCESS
Microsoft as a devices company? THE ENRON OF TECH