• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    I’m shocked we haven’t even seen rumors of an Xbox handheld.

    Playstation at least did something.

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      6 months ago

      I heard a reliable rumor that the Asus handheld was supposed to be essentially that, but Microsoft dropped the ball with the OS support

    • V ‎ ‎ @beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      The logic over at Xbox might be that Xbox games already come to PC, and their OEM partners are already shipping devices. Unfortunately the fact is that the problem is Windows itself. The thumb controls on them sucks to use in Windows. Go try an Ally or a Legion. As soon as you leave Armor Crate or Steam Big Picture the experience falls apart. Windows also insists on doing Windows things like updating and rebooting when it feels like it, and on a few occasions I’ve been kicked out of big picture mode because something stole focus.

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      6 months ago

      You can already play Xbox games on PC, and even VR now, with their game pass. Microsoft and plenty of companies already sell windows hardware.

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        6 months ago

        Yes but you can’t play on a PC with the Xbox OS, which is actually what is desperately needed because Windows currently blows on a handheld.