{"id":1404,"date":"2025-03-10T17:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:22:19","slug":"xbox-handheld-out-this-year-and-will-go-up-against-nintendo-switch-2-says-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/xbox-handheld-out-this-year-and-will-go-up-against-nintendo-switch-2-says-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox handheld out this year and will go up against Nintendo Switch 2 says source"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A third party Xbox portable is set to go head-to-head with Nintendo (Valve\/Microsoft\/Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New rumours about Microsoft<\/a>\u2019s next gen plans suggests that there will be two Xbox<\/a> handheld consoles and the first is aiming for a 2025 launch.<\/p>\n

For many, the idea of a next gen Xbox being released in the next year or two seems far too soon. And yet that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s been rumoured for some time now, including from a source this week who claimed that the new console would basically be a PC in \u2018a TV friendly shell\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft themselves have confirmed that they\u2019re working on a next gen console<\/a>, so that\u2019s not under debate, but they\u2019ve also said that they\u2019re making some kind of handheld Xbox device that is a ‘few years out’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The earlier rumour didn\u2019t touch on that but now the same source has claimed that rather than being far off, the new portable device is due out this year and will not be made by Microsoft themselves.<\/p>\n

According to a Windows Central report<\/a> by editor Jez Corden, the unexpectedly early release is because the handheld will not be made by Microsoft but by a third party. He doesn\u2019t know who, but name drops Asus, Lenovo, MSI, Razer as potential partners.<\/p>\n

He describes the device as being Xbox branded and currently codenamed Keenan. It will apparently be \u2018unmistakably Xbox\u2019, with a guide button similar to the current controller and \u2018Xbox design sensibilities.\u2019<\/p>\n

Corden also suggests that the handheld will \u2018likely\u2019 run full Windows, with immediate access to the Microsoft Store and PC Game Pass, as well as the option to install Steam.<\/p>\n

In other words – just like Corden\u2019s rumours about the home console – it\u2019s basically a PC in a (handheld) box and seemingly very similar to Steam Deck and its competitors.<\/p>\n

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