Lol! That's not happening. Like ever.

I'd be down for it, but Microsoft would need to have more first party game developers, because the ones they have right now barely is enough for the home console. So if this means Microsoft will increase their first party studios I'm all for it.

Why?

After the Xbox division failed with Zune, they don’t want anything else to do with mobile devices

Sounds like they would rather just build a portable controller for phones and use xcloud

They are having trouble making games. Why would they use more resources on more hardware? It just seems like a bad idea.

isnt the whole point of xcloud is to be able to play xbox on handheld devices?

why?

No, they don't.

Haven't ms and Google been spouting phone, Tablet, laptop pc etc for streaming on the go.
Why on earth would they make a device of what there claiming works and feels perfect for the gamer with on the go gaming.
That would be like advertising your own streaming service that it actually plays shite or uncomfortable on phones, tablets, laptops etc.

They can't get the console business right after 3 gens, but suddenly figure out how to do handheld the right way, sure......

They don't NEED to launch anything handheld.

Buy a GPD Win or some other handled Windows device, play all your PC games and emulators on the go.

I’d rather the PS5 and X2 be handheld hybrids like the Switch rather that just go for better graphics again.

They need to sort out their home consoles first.

Nope - just games, laser focused on games - that's all they need.

At this point, portable gaming to them means cloud gaming (aka streaming). I hate it, but that's where they're most likely to go.

Microsoft needs to worry about their home console first

Work on getting a regular console right, then they can worry about branching out.

😂😂🤣

Microsoft should make a handheld they could call it Xbox Hand 🖐️

No point with Xcloud.

No, no it does NOT

They'd make a phone before they made a dedicated handheld.

And they tried phones already before calling it quits. They shelved plans for the Surface Phone last year because dev support for apps won't be there. Android and Apple have a stranglehold on the market.

If they return to that form factor with Surface Phone's alleged dual-screen setup, they'd have such a huge uphill climb. I'd be interested in it from a windows phone perspective more than an xbox one, though. I used windows phones all the way up to 2018 and I miss them.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau