From one moment to the next, echoes resonate Microsoft wants to have his own portable console which, we all understand, would be a kind of Xbox to take everywhere and with your own equipment to carry out your launches. not to do streaming (which is probably possible too), but to function more like a Steam Deck or an Asus ROG Ally. Although information has now emerged that makes it a little clearer what it won’t.
One of the strengths of these devices that appeared on the market in the heat of the success of the Nintendo Switch, first, and the Steam Deck, later, is that they can all be connected to a television and continue playing via a base in the same way as a desktop console. They obviously do not have the same power, but the possibility exists to do so. Although Microsoft
A Microsoft Xbox Laptop That Doesn’t Want to Be a Switch
The fact is that in the last few hours it has been learned that the portable console project of Microsoft There will be some asterisks because some people are starting to call it Add on. This could mean that it will not be as autonomous as initially hoped and will also need a permanent connection for the future successor of Xbox Series X. In other words, the Americans would design their own PS Portal like Sony’s for PS5.
Only in this way can we interpret the rumours spread by some people. leakers and who categorically state that “according to Jez Corden, the Xbox portable console It will be a separate device, a complement of the successor of the [Xbox] Series X and not a hybrid device. Next-gen Xbox: traditional home console, complement portable”.
[Rumor]:According to @JezCorden, the Xbox portable console will be a separate device, an add-on to the Series X successor, and not a hybrid device.
Next-gen Xbox:
-Traditional living room console
– Portable add-on https://t.co/i6sbxY5Ot6August 6, 2024 • 10:40 p.m.
It is true that the fact that it is not a hybrid console does not necessarily mean that it is a device to do streaming and that’s it, but it is true that if this were a fully functional laptop, we understand that they would not speak of this as a Add on
The battle will be portable
What is beyond doubt is that the next-gen battle will be portable. With Nintendo selling huge quantities of Switch, and with an heir who will surely follow the same path, or the PC with its Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally X, etc., it is obvious that Sony and Microsoft having received the messages sent by the playerswho want ubiquity, to be able to enjoy the same games, their games, at home or on the street, regardless of platform.
So, by 2028, when the PS6 and the next Xbox are the talk of the industry, we will see an endless amount of rumors about desktop consoles and portable alternatives. They have no other choice.
