{"id":1032354,"date":"2026-01-15T08:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6BH68Bh3vHMEvNfQnyJLHK"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:36:25","slug":"microsofts-xbox-boss-upgrades-rumoured-gaming-handheld-device-from-a-hope-to-an-expectation-but-says-its-years-away-from-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsofts-xbox-boss-upgrades-rumoured-gaming-handheld-device-from-a-hope-to-an-expectation-but-says-its-years-away-from-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox boss upgrades rumoured gaming handheld device from a hope to an &#8216;expectation&#8217; but says it&#8217;s years away from release"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s official. Microsoft has upgraded its stance on the rumoured Xbox handheld gaming console from &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/nimbly-dodging-confirmation-of-a-rumored-xbox-handheld-phil-spencer-says-hes-excited-about-the-work-that-the-team-is-doing-around-different-form-factors\/\" target=\"_blank\">we should<\/a>&#8221; have one back in June to we&#8217;re planning one. The catch? It&#8217;s years away.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer told <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-13\/microsoft-s-gaming-chief-is-still-looking-for-acquisitions-sees-future-growth?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczMTQ5OTU0MSwiZXhwIjoxNzMyMTA0MzQxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTTVcxQ01UMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.UjaVdB-1hJKO1VKY0-vUQaOjf2cpmUgGaLSXNqqYnHU\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a> on Tuesday that &#8220;the expectation is that we would do something\u201d when it comes to a handheld gaming device. Bloomberg says that Microsoft is working on prototypes and researching the market, but that Spencer says any retail device is still a few years out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLonger term, I love us building devices,\u201d Spencer told Bloomberg, \u201cand I think our team could do some real innovative work, but we want to be informed by learning and what\u2019s happening now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, Spencer said, &#8220;when I look at Steam Deck and the ROG and my Legion Go, I&#8217;m a big fan of that space.&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/phil-spencer-forever-the-optimist-hints-that-hes-interested-in-a-microsoft-version-of-big-picture-mode-for-handheld-gaming-pcs-i-want-my-legion-go-to-feel-like-an-xbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">Even earlier in March<\/a> he said, &#8220;I want my Lenovo Legion Go to feel like an Xbox.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, while this latest statement is not an absolute guarantee that Microsoft will actually release a gaming handset, the Xbox chief has clearly been incubating the idea for some time and sees a major opportunity in that market.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, the specifics are few and far between. But a launch in a few year&#8217;s time would give Microsoft all kinds of possibilities on the hardware side. AMD has only just launched its latest <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/ayaneos-announced-its-new-amd-strix-point-handheld-pc-and-you-can-bet-ces-2025-is-going-to-be-awash-with-new-amd-and-intel-options\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strix Point APU which is now appearing in PC-based handhelds<\/a>, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the disappointments of that chip is that it&#8217;s based on TSMC&#8217;s N4 silicon node rather than the latest N3 technology, which somewhat limits the performance that can be crammed into small form factors.<\/p>\n<p>An Xbox handheld launch in a few years would likely allow the device to be based on N3 technology or perhaps even TSMC&#8217;s N2 node. Suddenly, significantly more performance and maybe even better battery life will be possible.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s not just AMD that Microsoft could call on to power the device. Despite Intel&#8217;s struggles, the Battlemage iGPU in its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/heres-why-im-hoping-to-score-lunar-lake-inside-my-next-handheld-gaming-pc-intels-core-ultra-7-258v-tested-in-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">latest Lunar Lake laptop APU is pretty impressive<\/a>. Likewise, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has signalled that he sees the future of graphics as &#8220;large&#8221; integrated GPUs rather than standalone graphics cards. So, Intel could be an option for Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the possibility that Microsoft could tap up Nvidia for the handheld. The latest rumours claim that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/nvidias-high-end-arm-based-chip-for-pcs-will-reportedly-go-into-production-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia is working on a gaming APU for late 2025 or early 2026<\/a>. Nvidia&#8217;s APU will have Arm CPU cores rather than x86 cores, presenting problems for backwards compatibility and legacy game title support.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s no doubting the prowess of Nvidia&#8217;s graphics tech, and the<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/microsoft-leak-reveals-new-xbox-controller-with-an-accelerometer-and-dualsense-style-haptics\/\" target=\"_blank\"> leak of Microsoft&#8217;s internal roadmap for Xbox<\/a> last year showed that the company was evaluating a switch to Arm from x86 for the main console, too.<\/p>\n<p>So, Arm and thus Nvidia has to be a possibility, especially when you consider the power efficiency advantage that Arm CPUs tend to have. That&#8217;s super appealing for a handheld.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, taken in the round, this latest statement from Spencer means a handheld is very unlikely to appear before 2026, and we&#8217;d wager 2027 and onwards would be a safer bet given how early in the process Microsoft seems to be.<\/p>\n<p>But, arguably, the later the device arrives, the more powerful it&#8217;s likely to be. So, in this case a longer wait could be worthwhile. 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Microsoft has upgraded its stance on the rumoured Xbox handheld gaming console from &#8220;we should&#8221; have one back in June to we&#8217;re planning one. The catch? It&#8217;s years away. Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer told Bloomberg on Tuesday that &#8220;the expectation is that we would do something\u201d when it comes to a handheld gaming device. Bloomberg says that Microsoft is working on prototypes and researching the market, but that Spencer says any retail device is still a few years out. \u201cLonger term, I love us building devices,\u201d Spencer told Bloomberg, \u201cand I think our team could do some real innovative work, but we want to be informed by learning and what\u2019s happening now.\u201d Back in June, Spencer said, &#8220;when I look at Steam&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsofts-xbox-boss-upgrades-rumoured-gaming-handheld-device-from-a-hope-to-an-expectation-but-says-its-years-away-from-release\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1032355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-1032354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft&#039;s Xbox boss upgrades rumoured gaming handheld device from a hope to an &#039;expectation&#039; but says it&#039;s years away from release | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s official. 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