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Nothing here suggests that Xbox has any interest in building a handheld, or that it would be successful. Series S is still heavily criticized for not being "ne

Nothing here suggests that Xbox has any interest in building a handheld, or that it would be successful. Series S is still heavily criticized for not being "next gen" while delivering a next-gen experience, and the Steam Deck performs even worse. The Steam Deck is still niche and has plenty of issues that casual gamers who just want an affordable gaming experience from their couch (often to just play the latest Call of Duty) don't want to deal with. Xbox benefits from other companies getting into the PC handheld market. You can play Xbox games (for PC) on the Steam Deck, or use it to stream from XCloud. I personally haven't seen a large number of people saying they'd sell their Series S and buy a Steam Deck. Because of XCloud being available in my phone (Galaxy Fold 4), I spend a lot more time playing Xbox games than I otherwise would. I don't regularly carry a handheld console around with me like I do with my phone. Streaming to phones also resolves issues for South American countries where gaming hardware is incredibly expensive for most people, while most of those same people do have phones and internet access. I don't think the market would be that excited for a poorly performing Xbox handheld (less performance than Series S) and higher performance would hurt thermals and battery life to a point that would be unreasonable.

Kukumber 4y ago
> Nothing here suggests that Xbox has any interest in building a handheld, or that it would be successful. There i found the article: "We have been hearing for a while at Windows Central that Microsoft has been dabbling with Xbox handheld prototypes for some time now" https://www.windowscentral.com/razer-launching-android-handheld-gaming-system https://www.windowscentral.com/razer-launching-android-handh... You just repeat their current strategy, it's not interesting and there is no point discussing that further I never said streaming is not the answer, streaming is the future, a distant one, in the meantime, get the people ready with a handheld form-factor, build a solid and fan userbase, and nail the experience without having to dumb down the UX of your games so they are playable with a touch-screen > I don't think the market would be that excited for a poorly performing Xbox handheld That's the problem of Xbox and Microsoft in general, they act like they are a small indie company, and they act like they can't do great things, and yet they waste time, effort and opportunities with dumb projects like a dual screen phone, or a streaming box Now after releasing Series S and X the way they are, they blew an opportunity, if they played it right since the beginning, things would have been way different, for sure, it's the continuity of their lack of confidence that i highlighted with the tweets

Kukumber 4y ago

> Nothing here suggests that Xbox has any interest in building a handheld, or that it would be successful. There i found the article: "We have been hearing for a while at Windows Central that Microsoft has been dabbling with Xbox handheld prototypes for some time now" https://www.windowscentral.com/razer-launching-android-handheld-gaming-system https://www.windowscentral.com/razer-launching-android-handh... You just repeat their current strategy, it's not interesting and there is no point discussing that further I never said streaming is not the answer, streaming is the future, a distant one, in the meantime, get the people ready with a handheld form-factor, build a solid and fan userbase, and nail the experience without having to dumb down the UX of your games so they are playable with a touch-screen > I don't think the market would be that excited for a poorly performing Xbox handheld That's the problem of Xbox and Microsoft in general, they act like they are a small indie company, and they act like they can't do great things, and yet they waste time, effort and opportunities with dumb projects like a dual screen phone, or a streaming box Now after releasing Series S and X the way they are, they blew an opportunity, if they played it right since the beginning, things would have been way different, for sure, it's the continuity of their lack of confidence that i highlighted with the tweets