
Microsoft has said that Windows Phone platform is their official mobile gaming platform. Are they dreaming, or in need of a wake up call? Full opinion and analysis by Nathan Evans.

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Xbox boss Asha Sharma has discussed how component shortages will impact the company's plans for Project Helix.
This kind of proves this is an after thought product, most products like this are in r&d 5 years before they start mass producing. So they typically have the cost of components and things worked out long before assembly starts.
This is an assumption still, but I wouldn’t be surprised if project helix is similar to Scalebound,perfect dark and sod3. They had an idea but no actual execution other than concept stage. Being impacted by the ram shortage likely would also put this device 3-4 years out.
I’m not even sure MS has that endurance with Xbox yet
Helix is going to be stupidly expensive
Instead of leaning into smarter upscaling techniques they're brute forcing hardware that will cost them dearly and it remains to be seen if it's genuinely going to provide a meaningful differential
I know in the oc.doace people like to brag about not using frame gen or dlss to get to high on a game but for the majority of players they happily use those technologies without a second thought
That's going to be ps6 vs Helix
It's called systematic inflationary. Yes we get it Microsoft, keep raising in the name ofall kinds of stuffs
Honestly if there was thing I learned from this generation is that new consoles arnt day one anymore.
I can wait 1-3 years.

In an exclusive interview with Game File, new(ish) Xbox boss Asha Sharma and Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty explain their vision for Microsoft’s gaming division
A good start would be to release games to go with the console. My Xbox Series X has gathered dust virtually from launch. My advice would be to ditch a next console and release games on PC, PlayStation and Switch. Another idea would be a hybrid console based on Xbox Series X tech and go the same route as Nintendo. Another idea would be to pull out of gaming altogether. Plenty of options there.
lol
I have to say I love the Win phone. Having a great time keeping up with my xbox live, playing some great games and the phone works brilliantly. The article states that the phone only has 5000 apps, however Android and iphone did not start out with hundreds of thousands of apps, it has to start somewhere. Actually the device just hit over 6000 apps and has been growing at almost 1000 apps/week. I believe that is pretty good. All I can say is it, for me definately works better than the iphone I had, and my wife's android. Also everyone that I have shown the phone to wants one.
I like the look of the WP7 UI. would prefer that over my ios UI on my iPhone 4.
An a WP7 was going to be my next phone but alas it was not meant to be. Ever since i saw the PS Phone a smartphone with a slideout Playstation pad. Its total Win even if it dont play PS games. Running emulators on it is Total win. Emulators + Buttons = Perfection.
I think some may say im a lil bia when it comes to Mobile platforms..lol well i do work on mobile platforms but it's not like im not going to support as many as i can. I think the big thing is pretty Much Smartphones of all flavors are going to do quite well in the Mobile Game space.
any where from quick to play to full RPG's can be done since Bluetooth controller's work on many Smartphones it would not really matter if your Phone was just touch enabled there will be a way to get your controller.
hell Games could be packaged with a bluetooth controller with 4 or 5 free games to work on many flavors of Smartphones. And with Some Smartdevices having HDMI out
you could have a mini game console to hook upto the tv combined with for exampe lil controller's like this
http://www.engadget.com/201...
or like this one
http://zeemote.com/
Love my LG Quantum. Love the OS and the games are great.
I want complete Live gaming though. Buy the game and you get it on the 360 and the WP7. I want the ability to play a multiplayer game against 360 users.
At that time MS will be completely heading in the right mobile gaming direction.