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konnichiwa said:

shikamaru317 said:

Ok Xbox family, is this something you’d like to hear from Microsoft one day?

Do you think we will ever see a true native Xbox handheld in the future? 💚ðŸÅ½® https://t.co/WPuENIr2bt

— Game Pass Tracker (@gamepasstracker) February 1, 2024

Looks like Sony is making a new handheld. What do you guys think, should Xbox make their own handheld? If so, should it be an open PC handheld with Xbox branding, or a closed Xbox ecosystem only handheld? Or should they just stick with partners for PC handhelds like the Asus ROG Ally they already partnered with?

seems a silly question, you need games to sell handhelds and invest in third parties, if one of them is failing to do so it is MS.

Really, So MS bringing out a handheld like the Steam Deck but with a stripped down OS that allows it to play all PC games, including their own.  I believe you may be looking at a handheld the wrong way thinking it has to be like years of old but MS only needs to produce a handheld that supports both PC and their Xbox to be competitive.  If you really think about it, MS could modify the Xbox OS with its smaller footprint to support a broader range of PC devices and software.  MS also has the money to make it to scale at a price point that is very competitive with every PC handheld on the market.

The smartest move for MS is to get that stripped down mobile version out and let all the PC manufactures do their own thing and license it.  MS could pretty much do what they do with the Surface where they have their own hardware but which would be a sort of high mid level standard and go from there.