AND New report on The Verge He claims that the Xbox portable console is toast. Or quoting directly: “it is essentially canceled.” This seems misleading at first, the first Xbox Handheld was not announced?
There are many reservations about hiding here, especially since it is a rumor about a product that has not even been confirmed, not to mention it was launched. But something intriguing is happening that is worth understanding.
Asus Rog Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds announced a few days ago are not real Xbox devices. These are conveyors on the PC, using existing computer systems with a bit of redesign, as well as a recent window compilation that removes unnecessary Gunk to create an operating system that is improved to the game.
And as it happens, many industry observers think that there will be a model for all future Xboxes. In other words, the narrative says that Microsoft will not create the Xbox consoles themselves. Instead, with a partner with companies such as ASUS on equipment.
For a really clear, this is not only about portable. It will be for all Xbox consoles. According to this version of the future, Xbox is about stopping GamePass subscribers. Microsoft wants to hold them while passing from making the equipment.
This means creating this recent, improved version of Windows and licensing Xbox branding for third pages. Microsoft can then operate emulation and even streaming to operate older Xbox titles operating on basically thinly hidden, but standard equipment for computers powered by an improved version of Windows.
As Verge says: “The new generation Xbox platform is built in the open part, with devices such as ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. These conveyors seem to be a market test in which Microsoft goes further with the combination of Windows and Xbox, and the company’s goal is to transform any screen in Xbox.”
In the long run, if all this is correct, it will mean that players can choose from a number of different “Xbox” consoles, with price points and probably performance for everyone.
What’s more, the real motivation to the effort in the cut -off window compilation and the improved user interface is not for the portable, which is a very miniature market. This is for this alleged recent generation Xboxes of other companies.
As Tom Warren says on the edge: “I do not think Microsoft performs several Windows and Xbox systems, so that this software works on portable. This work will give Microsoft the ability to control the sensations similar to the console and the user interface on various equipment, in a way in which Upsell game pass, his own games on Xbox and more.”
This is in something that we have noticed in the latest presentation of Xbox games: Microsoft switching to “Xbox PC” throughout the brand and recording Steam as a competitor. It may be nothing, but it signals a change in the approach to Microsoft, Xbox and Windows games.
For now, none of this has been confirmed. But Asus Rog Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally, as well as this improved version of Windows, definitely indicates a recent direction for Xbox. We will watch carefully.
