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So QA will be ass-shite

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Oh this is like 90% guaranteed to be bad. Handheld gaming on windows just looks miserable with how bloated the OS is.

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It doesn’t take much of a CPU to run the base windows. Without Windows unloading stuff it uses less than 4 gigs of ram.

If the device is capable of running remotely modern games it’s capable of running them on windows just fine. Microsofts garbage doesn’t actually use that much resources vs a modern full fat linux distro.

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4GB is still like 3GB more vs running Bazzite or SteamOS.

There’s also the storage aspect, windows on its own with what it needs for windows updates can use like 50GB+ of space, and since most of these console come with small SSDs in the 128GB-512GB range that’s a huge downside.

Then there’s the lack of small screen optimization, lack of touch optimization, and all the garbage that runs in the background, uses resources, and constantly bothers people like onedrive and teams and other junk.

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i’d be more concerned about battery life and how easy it is to get rid of the stock OS

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They would be last on my interest list.

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Totally going to be a rebranded MSI Claw mark my words.

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A PC, supposedly being able to replace OS, would be counterproductive as it would “disturb” Xbox closed ecosystem if successful. Something locked like a modern android smartphone would be a bit more conservative, but still dangerous if successful.

At this point the most closed/safer option for Microsoft is to simply roll out a mobile Xbox (protected and customized hardware to make impossible to use as alternative). Microsoft could sell at loss, and they could decisively go below SteamDeck price and count that “sleepy Valve” wouldn’t counterattack with anything.

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Honestly the idea of a Gamepass Centric handheld is one I’m surprised they didn’t go for already. If they push it with just the Xbox styled front end, it’ll probably be more appealing than the xbox itself

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Its not enough, my steamdeck streams xbox games just fine. Unless their pc handheld simultaneously offers near 100% pc game compatibility with an interface as easy to use as steamOS… They wont make a splash with this product(at ~$500).

That probably doesnt matter because this device is just a brand teamup MS thinks is warming people up to the idea of an xbox handheld, when in reality I think it will dilute its reception.

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so logitech g cloud again? except this time using windows just because they can

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Feels like something that is gonna blow but I am curious to see what they do with it. Though its been a rough few years for xbox.

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They will ship it, and then drop support for it after a year.

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Sounds about right for Microsoft. Def don’t have the highest hopes for this lol

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