First, the rumors of Sea of Thieves and Hifi Rush could be going onto different consoles, then all people went ape over the potential of Starfield appearing on PlayStation 5 (regardless of roundly slating it when it got here out), after which the stone continued gathering moss, By the top of yesterday Xbox staples corresponding to Gears of Struggle and Halo had been going to PlayStation too, Microsoft was pulling out of consoles and leaving gaming to Sony. Xbox was lifeless.
Simply one other day on the web.
Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer then introduced that there can be a ‘enterprise replace’ subsequent week which appeared ominous however, in all actuality, might be a response to the media storm of the final couple of days.
Someplace in the midst of this would be the reality as ever, upon getting filtered out the histrionic “I’ll by no means purchase one other Microsoft product” that has washed over Reddit.
Equally now, countermeasure rumors have surfaced on an Xbox podcast that Microsoft, quite than pulling out of the console market, really has two new machines within the pipeline for 2026, together with a handheld Nintendo Change (however extra seemingly Steam Deck) competitor, in addition to a brand new ‘conventional’ Xbox console.
If that is so then Spencer is unlikely to verify the existence on the Xbox broadcast, however will certainly double down on Xbox’s dedication to its {hardware} house owners. To overtly state something aside from that would appear unlikely as it could hit gross sales of present Xbox inventory. It’s not going to occur.
Trying on the console rumors although the hand-held is one that might positively shake the market. The Steam Deck has been successful story for Valve, and you’d think about if anyone was able to placing a handheld PC collectively that might stream and play Xbox Sport Go video games, it could be Microsoft. The rumor continues that the Microsoft Floor staff is engaged on the hand-held, which might even be dockable for large screenplay, and this could make a whole lot of sense.
The hand held rumor has been round for just a few weeks however there appears to be extra meat being added to the bones by individuals who may very well be within the know.
The opposite console if not an Xbox Sequence refresh can be there to finish with any new Sony machine so would positively have to be subsequent era.
At this level, it’s all simply noise and it’s unclear whether or not something shall be any extra obvious by the point Spencer subsequent leaves the stage.
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