Where PlayStation opted for the cloud-based handheld route, a brand new report is claiming the Xbox is prototyping a local handheld.
Last yr, in a transparent try and faucet into a few of what Nintendo is providing with the Switch, Sony launched the PlayStation Portal, a bizarre little cloud-based handheld for everybody and nobody. While loads have their hang-ups over the hand-held’s inconsistent stability resulting from its reliance on a very good web connection, it has performed fairly nicely total, so clearly it is a gadget folks really feel they want a use for. Now, it is sounding like Microsoft needs a chunk of the identical pie, although it appears it is going to be nearer to the Switch than it is going to be to the PS Portal.
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Speaking on the Xbox Two podcast, Jez Corden mentioned that he is aware of that “[Xbox] have gotten handheld prototypes proper now.” He clarified that they’re “new prototypes” and never outdated ones that had been supposedly beforehand within the works, and he additionally made certain to level out that it is “not a cloud handheld” it is “a totally native Xbox handheld.” This was identified on the podcast too, nevertheless it needs to be famous that simply because Xbox is engaged on a handheld prototype, whether it is, that does not imply it should ever really launch. Projects like these are cancelled on a regular basis, so do not go writing any feedback complaining it by no means got here out when it was by no means assured within the first place.
A handheld Xbox console would not be all that stunning, given Microsoft’s common intentions to make its video games playable in as many locations as potential. Games like Pentiment, Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush, and Sea of Thieves have all made their approach or will make their option to rival platforms, a brand new push from Xbox to actually put its video games all over the place. And with issues just like the Steam Deck additionally discovering numerous success, a handheld choice for Xbox would possible work fairly nicely too, particularly when paired with Game Pass. Now we simply have to attend and see if the factor is actual.
