Microsoft Will Combine Xbox and Windows Experience for Handheld PCs This Year
Jason Ronald, Microsoft's VP of Next Generation, wants to bring "the best of Xbox and Windows together" on existing gaming handheld PCs.
Microsoft wants to ditch Windows for future Xbox gaming handhelds
Speaking during the ‘The Future of Gaming Handhelds’ roundtable at the show, and then in more detail to The Verge, Ronald revealed Microsoft wants to combine the Xbox console operating system with Windows, saying: "Our goal is to put the player and their library at the centre of the experience.”
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Microsoft aims for ‘best of Xbox and Windows together’ for handhelds, Verge says
VP of “Next Generation,” told The Verge that people should expect to see the Windows handheld gaming experience change within this current calendar year, following hints dropped by Xbox Gaming CEO Phil Spencer about an Xbox handheld.
Microsoft says handheld gaming PC should bring "the best of Xbox and Windows together"
The future of Microsoft's handheld gaming plans includes a marriage between the best of Xbox and Windows. That's according to Microsoft's Xbox hardware veteran Jason Ronald, who also teased that the company would have "a lot more to share later this year" on what exactly its Windows-powered handheld vision might look like.
Microsoft is combining ‘the best of Xbox and Windows together’ for handhelds
Microsoft’s VP of ‘Next Generation’ says changes are coming this year.
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