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Microsoft Gaming CEO: “I think we should have a handheld, too” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not an official announcement, but it's probably safe to assume an Xbox handheld is in development.

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[–] BaroqBard 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

On top of this, I doubt many of the Steam Deck's current competitors could have sold at a loss like Valve did (IIRC, they sold at a loss or at least pretty close to it). Microsoft, however, definitely has the spare money as a larger corp if they decided to really back the XBox/Gaming division. Price-wise, they could compete. If they're in the same pricing ballpark, manage a reasonable quality handheld, and can promise perfect windows compatibility with games, that might be something.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I guess but Microsoft truly feels like it is abandoning any commitment to making Windows function well for users.

They basically seem to think people have no choice and that they can focus their entire business on turning Windows into a surveillance advertisement platform.

In this environment, launching a windows handheld would be a laughable joke honestly.

The numbers don’t show it yet, but in the longterm Windows has catastrophically lost the home user operating system market and they deserve to for their awful stewardship of the market.