If during yesterday we had Valve being the great protagonist With the surprise, but rumored announcement of Steam Deck, its portable console that will be released in 3 models, it seems that it did not take long for rumors to emerge about another company making the jump to the portable market: Xbox.
This has been known recently thanks to an insider, Rand al Thor 19, who has responded to Jeff Grubb, known in the video game world for having the best hair in the industry, through his social networks, making mention in the aforementioned comment to the possibility of viewing a portable console by Microsoft.
who says Xbox won’t release a proper handheld in a year or two tho Jeff👀
– Rand al Thor 19 (@ Rand_al_Thor_19) July 15, 2021
So that you are in context, before the announcement of the Steam deck, which will come in 3 models with different prices, Jeff Grubb commented that Microsoft had lost an opportunity to offer a portable console to its users, being so Rand himself responded to the journalist commenting that who told him that Microsoft did not launch a portable console in 1 or 2 years.
A tweet that could be real or mere speculation
Obviously this does not finish confirming anything and it could perfectly be a mere speculationBut Rand’s track record lends him some credibility. Likewise, it should be noted that the Xbox family has been characterized by having a market model adapted for different pockets, being the main example of this Xbox Series S.
Be that as it may, at the moment we do not have any kind of official confirmation or previous rumor that supports the words of this insider. What we can say is that recently it has been known that via a third-party peripheral, Xscreen, Xbox Series S could be played in portable mode. It remains to be seen whether in the future it is Microsoft that offers its own console or peripheral.