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Ok, so you know how that big chat about what Xbox’s future looks like<\/a> is set to take place via podcast in just a couple of days time? Well, Phil Spencer’s recently liked a number of tweets about handhelds. No, we’re not sure if it means anything.<\/p>\n

It’s been a fun time recently for Xbox and things that may or may not be happening, after recent reports suggesting that it was considering<\/a> bringing the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/a> and Starfield<\/a> to PS5 really put the cat among the pigeons. Unfortunately, there’s still some time until Phil Spencer and co offer some concrete info on what the company actually has planned<\/a> to all of us, so we’re about to talk about some stuff the exec’s liked on Twitter.<\/p>\n

If you’re the kind of person who regularly finds themselves staring at Phil Spencer’s Twitter likes, first of all, please consider getting a new hobby and second of all, you might have noticed him casually liking a couple of tweets about handheld consoles<\/a> over the past little bit. The latest of these is part of a little discussion about how Windows runs on the ASUS ROG Ally that ends with The Verge’s Tom Warren saying: “Truly, Asus tried to make it better thank god, but Microsoft really needs to step in here.”<\/p>\n

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Ok, so you know how that big chat about what Xbox’s future looks like is set to take place via podcast in just a couple of days time? Well, Phil Spencer’s recently liked a number of tweets about handhelds. No, we’re not sure if it means anything. It’s been a fun time recently for Xbox and things that may or may not be happening, after recent reports suggesting that it was considering bringing the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Starfield to PS5 really put the cat among the pigeons. Unfortunately, there’s still some time until Phil Spencer and co offer some concrete info on what the company actually has planned to all of us, so we’re about to talk about some…<\/p>\n

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