MSI Claw and ROG Ally are laughing at you.
Because people don't want them toWhy? That's like saying it's idiotic for them to sell surface products. If they sell it at a profit, like obviously the Claw and Ally are doing, how is that a negative for them?
I meant a digital store to buy games.
But I don't get it. Their own handheld is a windows machine already and any other additional machine would be selling a different machine you make profit on. It would be like not selling any other laptops because you already sell a different model. You could probably even rebrand that same machine come 2026. what would they lose? It's not like the old machine was their own ecosystem or something. It will be an official licenced 'xbox' product not necessarily missing any OEM branding. Like controllers.
It's a one front war of trying to keep their store and subscription relevant. It would only require a portable UI OS. It's essentially a PC gamepass machine for all other intents and purposes. I don't think they care that it might seem like a clone.
Windows is shit so no. Linux is superior.
Well, it would be a massive merging of libraries, and Game Pass sales on PC would likely sky-rocket. Merging my Steam and Xbox libraries would be pretty amazing, so I can't say I'd be upset about that. No doubt MS would find some way to screw it up, though, so it's not a good timeline. Also, it would never get beyond regulators.
Proprietary always is inferior to nonproprietary.
The Series S was barely better either but still their main console for this gen. I suspect they will have a very expensive console and hybrid handhelds.
I have seen some people say they expect Phil to reveal the refreshed Series X adorably all digital at the same great price, no one is buying that thing
If Microsoft can keep iterating on their Windows "compact mode", an Xbox handheld could probably also run Steam. That not only fills the gap in their Japanese software lineup and PS/PC exclusives, but gives the handheld access to Steam exclusives that aren't on Playstation. Gabe said Valve were working on something with Xbox in 2020 so who knows. Wishes are free
Pro consoles already reduced the 4/fauxK effect current gen could have had. But it is not entirely impossible to shift consoles to smaller incremental steps, maybe even yearly like phone, which barely changed between Android 4 or 13... and make every gen crossgen, maybe even three (or more) gens at once being supported. I guess MS with their virtualisation going on, might be able to handle that quite well on the OS level.
A new console would mainly serve the people who have collected massive digital libraries over the last 2 decades. That's the group Xbox needs to be careful with as well, because a company as massive and rich as them not having a good way to transition that library could maybe even be in some legal trouble, IMO. It's not like Stadia where Google just returned all money spent on digital items.
Been waiting over 20 years for sega to reverse that decision and come back to the arms race
If Microsoft can keep iterating on their Windows "compact mode", an Xbox handheld could probably also run Steam. That not only fills the gap in their Japanese software lineup and PS/PC exclusives, but gives the handheld access to Steam exclusives that aren't on Playstation. Gabe said Valve were working on something with Xbox in 2020 so who knows. Wishes are free
I THINK you are close
Microsoft would kill all that is good about PC gaming, closing the walls of the "garden" forever (like they kinda already did with windows apps).
They have to show commitment next week, or else they lose a lot of existing customers. I think they at least reveal a codename for the next console (or maybe both products rumored).
Tech illiterate Kuro here. Is there anything that handhelds do "differently" so that we don't have to worry about it holding the main console back or is this really just going to be like with the Series S but 100 times worse? Why have a powerful console in the first place then?
Not if they have them as two separate platforms rather than the situation with X/S. I can't believe they'd build a powerful home console to just tie it to a far less powerful handheld, that makes no sense.
Right? I hoped that they would go with just 1 SKU after what they did with the Series consoles but this is even worse
I'm sure this has already been addressed, but if you look at what it means to be 1st party (develop games for your own platform) and 3rd party (to develop games for others platform), then it's obvious that one can be 1st and 3rd party at the same time.
It had to happen. I’ve said before MS cannot ignore it, they’d be stupid to. Ignore that threat for too long then all of a sudden valve is spooning windows market share off your plate. Even if it’s a little sliver it tells pc gamers “you don’t NEED windows ya know”.
My mind goes to the “corePC” project MS is working on for the next windows platform. I don’t see a reason why the “next” Xbox OS can’t be built upon this base, as it would finally bring this core OS alignment to windows that Apple has had for awhile and that MS has been trying to achieve with stuff like UWP since windows 8. We shall see.
You can. It just means inefficiencies.
