Xbox has a new "VP of next gen," set to present at CES 2025 alongside Lenovo and Valve.
What does it mean for Xbox's future?
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— Jez 💀 (@jezcorden.com) 20 December 2024 at 18:07
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Microsoft is looking to partner with different companies that already have handhelds out in order to improve the experience of playing Xbox games on the go, directly playing into the firm's recent "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign. We've even heard that Microsoft is exploring options around letting third-parties build Xbox-branded devices, something that could extend as far as letting them directly use the Xbox operating system.
These third-party Xbox devices could appeal to specific niches, providing a number of options with audiences or markets that Microsoft has previously struggled in. In this event, a hypothetical "Xbox" branded handheld from a developer like ASUS would actually be an Xbox, providing players access to the same library of games and the same services that they can use when playing on an Xbox Series X|S console.
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So an Xbox OS across all your devices, which shares your library and profile across all devices but also with (maybe) access to Steam/GOG/Etc? Capable of running both Xbox and PC titles? Without all the extra Windows garbage and just purely focused on Xbox? I'm interested, I need to hear more, but that sounds like something I would consider buying.
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