| JEMC said: To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me. And not because of the rumors about Sony coming with a new Vita (which I think it's nuts and come from the same people that bring the new handheld topic every time Sony launches a new console), but because MSoft sees that Valve is dominating the handheld PC market and they are doing it with a linux based OS. So, naturally, they have to do something about it and, instead of making a better Windows that has the same cool features that SteamOS has, like quick resume play, and leave it to Asus, MSI and Lenovo to take the fight, they'll try to do it by making their own device, which won't be much different than the other Windows based ones and, therefore, it will be kind of pointless. |
What Microsoft needs to do is take the Xbox approach to handhelds.
...That is, take the Windows kernel and strip it back to it's basics, then add-in only the necessary components for compatibility and gaming... Because say what you want about Xbox, their software stack is extremely solid.
Then release it into the world for OEM's to take and run with, they won't even make inroads into handheld gaming at this point, heck they are struggling just in the home console space... But if they let other companies do the leg work, they might take marketshare, especially if they prioritise their own store and gamepass.
Obviously they would need to place some hardware rules to ensure a minimum expected experience.
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