In 2024, Microsoft’s gaming chief Phil Spencer said he wanted to feel the handheld gaming PC as an Xbox. But as there is a proverb, if you want to do anything right, do it yourself. Thus, Microsoft is allegedly working on its handheld Xbox PC Console.
According to Windows Central, the console, called “Canon”, is apparently far away in development that it can start in 2025. The details are still low, including dimensions, how much it will cost, and what will be inside. However, what is obviously that it will give the new handheld a decisive Xbox look and feeling, which Spencer made a point of last year.
However, Spencer also indicated earlier that according to an November 2024 interview, the Xbox Handheld is apparently “a few years away”, and that Microsoft was only in the prototype phase. Wrong! (?)
Remember, the “Xbox” adds to Microsoft’s gaming aspirations on both the console and the PC. Windows Central reports that the new handheld should run Windows (surprise!
Some people already say that already there are many handheld game consoles, in which the Valve’s steam deck has dominated the competition. But we have already seen the traditional PC maker ASUS Jump like them, who want to capture any new way to increase the market share. Right now, there is a lot of rooms: By February, to date only 6 million handheld PCs have been sold, which has an estimated 1.9 million handhelds to go out this year. According to the IDC, only this year is expected to sell this year to 273 million PCs. We will see
To date, Microsoft has made its PC under the level brand, but this handheld will not be in this line. Windows Central reports that Microsoft will work with another PC maker to produce the handheld Xbox consoles. (Sometimes a PC maker uses a “white box” PC maker, such as a compliment for design and assembly, slaps its name on the products made.
It is unclear how Microsoft takes the concept of PC seriously. But consider how Microsoft defeated the entire mobile smartphone category, until the Windows Phone killed in a double -screen smartphone. Today, it is alive with numerous mobile apps. A handheld can then be backed in this place.
Windows Central reports that this new handheld is blessed by Satya Nadella, so it is a good sign that this level of Xbox Handheld will eventually not be at the surface. We have been arguing for years that Microsoft should make an Xbox gaming laptop. We may eventually be united for the palm of your hand.
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