Why Microsoft’s next Xbox should just run Windows already
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Summary
In a short video trailer, Xbox president Sarah Bond announced a “strategic multi-year partnership with AMD” which will include “our next-generation Xbox consoles in your living room and in your hands”
The focus has been on handheld devices following the success of the Nintendo Switch, but specifics about living room consoles are scarce other than next-level graphics innovation
The deterioration of the wall between gaming PCs and consoles has been happening for some time on both the hardware and software sides, and Microsoft’s partnership with AMD may accelerate this trend
Asus’s Windows 11-powered Xbox ROG Ally has an ‘Xbox Experience for Handheld’, which offers a full-screen version of the usual Windows interface to improve performance, and will not be confined to one device, rolled out to other Windows devices next year
