{"id":4687,"date":"2025-06-13T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:39:27","slug":"xbox-next-gen-handheld-cancelled-in-favour-of-pc-gaming-claim-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/xbox-next-gen-handheld-cancelled-in-favour-of-pc-gaming-claim-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox next gen handheld cancelled in favour of PC gaming claim sources"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft<\/a>’s plans for a first party Xbox<\/a> handheld have been cut short according to multiple sources, but new hardware is still on the table.<\/p>\n

During the Xbox showcase last week, Microsoft revealed an Xbox handheld made in partnership with Asus<\/a>, but it’s been known for a while that this isn’t the only portable device in development at the company.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has discussed several times<\/a> how it is working on prototypes for a handheld device, which is currently ‘a few years out’. While it was never explicitly stated it was assumed this device was part of Xbox’s plans for the next generation.<\/p>\n

However, a recent report claimed<\/a> Microsoft has ‘sidelined’ this handheld, to prioritise improvements to gaming performance on Windows 11. While this didn’t rule out a first party Xbox handheld in the future, a new source now believes it has been scrapped entirely.<\/p>\n

According to The Verge<\/a>, Microsoft has ‘essentially cancelled’ its own Xbox handheld in order to focus on its ‘new software platform’ – presumably something that can be used on multiple devices, with rumours suggesting Microsoft will encourage other hardware manufacturers to make Xbox-branded consoles<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n

This has prompted some conflict among insiders. Windows Central’s Jez Corden has stuck by his original ‘sidelined’ claims in a post on X<\/a>, writing: ‘Many believe that it has been cancelled, but Microsoft still ‘aspires’ to do it from what I’ve heard.<\/p>\n

‘I think in reality it has been functionally cancelled, because what product ‘on hold’ has ever returned from the dead? We’ll see.’<\/p>\n

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