Microsoft is working on a handheld gaming device that won't be available for a few years. The success of the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck shows a market for portable gaming devices. The handheld system could be closely tied to Xbox Game Pass.

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has confirmed that the firm is looking into potentially producing a handheld device for its Xbox platform.

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Speaking to Bloomberg, the longtime Xbox executive addressed the ongoing speculation about whether Microsoft would hop into the current PC gaming handheld arms race. “ [The] expectation is that we would do something [in that category],

Well, no longer do we have to rely on rumors, as the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, has revealed in a Bloomberg interview that Xbox handheld prototypes are currently being worked on. The caveat is that this hardware is still a few years out.

Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer has made no secret of his interest in an Xbox handheld to compete with the best handheld gaming PCs, such as the Steam Deck OLED and Asus ROG Ally X. But in an interview with Bloomberg,

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