Where is Microsoft’s handheld Xbox?

The Steam Deck has kick-started a wave of handhelds from some of the big names in PC gaming. Asus has its Windows-powered ROG Ally, Lenovo just announced its own Legion Go handheld PC, and Logitech released a cloud-focused handheld. AMD has been quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors, and that got me thinking: where’s Microsoft’s Xbox handheld?

Dasnap,
@Dasnap@lemmy.world avatar

You don’t need to do too much tweaking to get a good Windows 11 dual boot going on the Deck.

Clover for a dual boot menu.

Steam Deck Tools for controller use throughout the OS.

Playnite for a fullscreen game launcher which you can apply an Xbox theme to.

After that… you’ve pretty much got an ‘Xbox Boy’. Install your Game Pass games and go wild.

Word of advice: install Windows onto a partition on the SSD. Do not be tempted by installing it onto an SD card as it will be a major throttle. Use the SD card for extended game storage.

Edit: Also drivers should go without saying.

someguy3,

I wonder what it would be named.

wolfshadowheart,
wolfshadowheart avatar

The xWalks?

LiveLM,

Probably something undecipherable like “Xbox Companion Series I”

GoFastBoots,

The xEnvelope

riesendulli,

Xpotty

quortez,
quortez avatar

Xbox Series Go

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