Microsoft would abolish portable Xbox

A Portable Xbox Finally I would not see the daylight. Microsoft would refuse to develop its own device, which will come within the framework of the tenth generation of consoles to replace the current Xbox Series X | with data are known less than a week after the announcement ASUS ROG Xbox ALLYThe first third person is a laptop with a seal on the Redmond platform.

According to Tom Warren, from GraveIN Microsoft would refuse to create a portable console, which can launch Native Xbox gamesThe company will focus on the development of new software for Xbox, as well as on the equipment of the third parties, but on the sealing of the console family.

The obvious determination causes a certain surprise, although it cannot be said that it is not visible. At least to some extent. Recall that long ago it turned out that Microsoft stopped the development of a portable Xbox to devote its resources Improve experience Games Windows 11 on consoles Portable third partiesField

However, the decision will be even more radical. According to the new report, the project of the portable Xbox “Mostly canceled”Although its author believes that this does not mean that Microsoft Gaming wants to finally refuse to develop a new generation console, this may assume that in the future we will see several devices of manufacturers such as ASUS, which will contribute to the next -generation Xbox.

Microsoft will kill its portable Xbox to focus on third third -party devices

For a rather long time, he listened to the possible launch of the portable Xbox. The big difference between this proposed device and many options already available on the market, such as an ordinary ally of ROG, Lenovo Legion Go or others, will be that it will not be a mini -PC that controls Windows games, but its own Xbox, which can launch the same names as the versions on the tableField

However, what is reported now implies that Microsoft would refuse this approach. During the exhibition, Xbox Games last Sunday ASUS introduced Rog Xbox Ally, a special version of the existing portable console. This is not only distinguished to introduce more powerful equipment and design, inspired by the Xbox team, but also to turn on the selected button with the Microsoft Console logo. Although really famous softwareField

The role of Windows 11 in changing the strategy

Xbox Rog Xbox ALLY uses Windows 11like many other current portable consoles, but offers optimized experience and Buta Right in the Xbox interface on full -screen.

The most important moment of this story is that the operating system Not even a complete loadSince many ordinary processes that are not necessary for the game are not activated. Thus, it is promised to increase productivity and offer experience that resembles a portable Xbox, and not as a “PC pocket” that launches runes, in most cases adding launcherField

They always said that Windows 11 was a weak point of equipment with a portable shape. Phil Spencer himself recognized him for some time. Therefore, it is not surprising that they focused on improving it once and for all to promote proposals Games richer.

If the Microsoft and ASUS rate with ROG Xbox Ally is just an example of what will happen, we can imagine much more similar devices – but from other brands – reaching the market in the not too remote future. An ambitious strategy, but this is obviously It would be worth its existence for the native portable XboxField