Phil Spencer, boss of Microsoft’s Game Division, has confirmed that the company is developing a portable version of Xbox. However, the executive said the new console should take a few years to reach the market.
“The expectation is that we will do something,” said Spencer in a Interview with Bloombergsoon noting that it is still far from having something concrete. “But in the long run. I love to create devices. And I believe our team can do a very innovative job, but we want to be informed when learning and understanding what is happening at the moment, ”he said.
Rumors of a portable Xbox are not recent, and have gained strength with other Spencer statements in the past. In February 2024, the executive said he was “a big fan of laptops.” He has also praised some devices such as Lenovo Legion Go, a laptop -oriented game via streaming such as those offered by Microsoft itself through the Xbox Cloud Gaming.
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It remains to know which way to Microsoft will follow its portable future. It seems unlikely that it is an independent platform, such as Nintendo Switch – that is, it needs games developed specifically for it. Microsoft can be inspired by companies like Lenovo itself, or Asus and Valve, which have launched powerful portable PCs compatible with game libraries such as Steam and Windows.
In this case, in addition to strengthening Microsoft Store’s offer of games, the official Windows store, the company would also offer a very attractive product for gamers that have had a library built over the years on the PC, instead of requiring everything to be purchased again.