A few months ago, I stated that Sony should have launched a PS5 Portable instead of its recent Portal, somewhat in what could be an “imitation” of Microsoft’s strategy, which launched two consoles, one more powerful than the other, but yet both capable of playing the same exact games.
Sony decided to opt for a device focused solely on streaming, but, after many requests from players, it also began to develop a type of Portable PS5, capable of playing everything that the PS4 and PS5 offer, while maintaining the Portal functionality. for future PS6 games.
Well, Microsoft is going to do the same!
Xbox Portable will be the same as Switch! Developed by the Surface team
Therefore, it seems that the craze for portable consoles is about to continue. After all, in addition to Nintendo’s success, and the many bets coming from brands such as ASUS, Lenovo and MSI, even those responsible for living room consoles now seem to have the desire to get their hands on the giant soup that is this market.
So, after some rumors about a Portable PS5 planned for 2026 or 2027 escaped, rumors also appear pointing to a Portable Xbox, aimed at the same exact time window.
However, on Microsoft’s side, things even make more sense.
After all, despite the fact that Sony is losing this current generation of consoles, as it is selling more than twice as many PS5 consoles compared to the Xbox Series S and X, the reality is that in the medium-long In the long term, Microsoft has tremendous potential to dominate the world of video games, such is its advantage on the services side, and also on the studios side that it has been acquiring in recent years.
The future will not have home consoles like the PS5 or Xbox Series X… It will instead be based on devices that will be able to play everything, anywhere. Hence this big focus on “mobile” consoles.
In fact, in case you didn’t know, Microsoft was very “friendly” with Nintendo during the pandemic, because it wanted to bring Xbox Game Pass to its rival’s old hybrid console. A strategy that may still be very much alive in 2024, when the Switch 2 is launched.
But if all else fails, Microsoft might just launch its own console. After all, as you can imagine, if there’s one thing the North American giant doesn’t lack… It’s money to launch new products.
In short, the world of consoles is changing! So, despite the fact that Microsoft seems to be in trouble… The truth is that it may just be a stumble to jump into something much bigger.