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Okay. What about a portable X360? Only problem with that: no new software, so they won't do it...
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What if Microsoft announced an Xbox One Portable?
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Okay. What about a portable X360? Only problem with that: no new software, so they won't do it...
I'm sure Microsoft would give your more power for your buck than Nintendo can but that might be asking a bit too much.
They'd be better off getting streaming to work with phones and sell a phone mount for the xb1 controller.
Maybe have their next system do something similar to the wiiu with more range and a play over net feature, or the nvidia shield streaming tech, which I've been using with my phone through moonlight and it's damn good for most games.
They'd be better off getting streaming to work with phones and sell a phone mount for the xb1 controller.
Maybe have their next system do something similar to the wiiu with more range and a play over net feature, or the nvidia shield streaming tech, which I've been using with my phone through moonlight and it's damn good for most games.
Kurt Angle
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portables are a thing of the ninties
smartphones will shit on whatever they come up with. RIP Vita
smartphones will shit on whatever they come up with. RIP Vita
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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7 inch surface plus a performance base like the surface book.
It would be interesting.
It would be interesting.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
I think op is from the future. You guys don't know. Anything is possible
Sir_Crocodile
Member
They would lose a ton subsidizing. Because the machine melts itself into a puddle after one minute of operation, they'd lose even more on warranty replacements.
Product would be withdrawn from shelves after a month.
The burnt-down homes and assorted injuries would lead to a class action lawsuit.
Product would be withdrawn from shelves after a month.
The burnt-down homes and assorted injuries would lead to a class action lawsuit.
Garou
Member
This is the correct answer, but the majority rather wants to throw around imaginary spec-bulletpoints without any connection to reality.
MilkyJoe
Member
Yeah, it's an xbox one portable and it plays xbox one games and it's ridiculous to expect cross play? Can you hear yourself?
Jaded Alyx
Member
So many threads about Sony/MS making a portable/hybrid...
...Interesting.
...Interesting.
Dead Man Typing
Member
If Microsoft are serious that every game going forward needs to support Xbox One and they have that as the minimum requirement for the next 10 years... then a portable Xbox One might not be a crazy idea at a reasonable price.
Right now it isn't realistic. And I don't expect Halo 8 on the Xbox 3 to have to support an Xbox One configuration.
Right now it isn't realistic. And I don't expect Halo 8 on the Xbox 3 to have to support an Xbox One configuration.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Honestly i think most if the hardware portbegging is coming from people who maybe don't own ps4s and xboxes. They post these threads as a way to claim that the way switch does it is superior. As someone who's not into switch and enjoys playing on my home theater I would never want ps or xbox to go the switch way unless we had the tech to not lose graphical fidelity.
Like it's cool maybe you'd finally consider getting a ps4 or xbox one of they switchized it, but I wouldn't if I had to use that as my home console on my 100 inch screen.
Huge Succeeded
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Yeah, the last one was for a Playstation Switch analogue. Shit sounds great on paper but can't exist IRL.
The system wouldn't be much more powerful than the Switch, unless AMD somehow, magically created a 10nm shrink of their Xbox One SOC but I don't think that will happen, I'm not even sure if such a shrink would be enough to make it viable in a handheld device.
So... the portable would have to be as powerful as the switch, perhaps a little bit more powerful, I don't think the system would succeed. Not against Nintendo, not in their handheld market.
So... the portable would have to be as powerful as the switch, perhaps a little bit more powerful, I don't think the system would succeed. Not against Nintendo, not in their handheld market.
It's just a fad.
Hispanic! At the Disco
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Are you asking for a smaller surface with the xbox's closed OS and no pc functionality?
Pointless in my opinion.
The games that people love to play on the Xbox One simply wouldn't work well in portable modes in my opinion. The games are more tailored for sitting in a chair or couch and playing them on the big(ger) screen. I feel that this played a big reason in why the Vita didn't do well.
Nintendo's franchises on the other hand have been on portable as well as home for many years; Hence why they have been doing well with the Switch so far. Nintendo's formats are simply more in tune for a system of that nature.
The games that people love to play on the Xbox One simply wouldn't work well in portable modes in my opinion. The games are more tailored for sitting in a chair or couch and playing them on the big(ger) screen. I feel that this played a big reason in why the Vita didn't do well.
Nintendo's franchises on the other hand have been on portable as well as home for many years; Hence why they have been doing well with the Switch so far. Nintendo's formats are simply more in tune for a system of that nature.
BigEmil
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That's not true when Nintendo Switch selling alot, the denial tho
ShockingAlberto
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E3 Headline: Microsoft invents magic, used it for a portable
Huge Succeeded
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They could land somewhere between the 360 and the Xbox One with a portable device. That's where the Switch sits, after all.
Their scaling/play anywhere/forward compat initiatives haven't quite matured enough yet, though, and the XB1 wasn't designed with those ideas in mind. So while it'd be nice to have a device that's weaker than Xbox One but can scale its games and play them portably, I think it'll take a few years of advance planning on MS's part, beginning with an Xbox One successor that IS designed with those ideas in mind, to enable a portable Xbox platform that retains the larger Xbox library.
There are others who are wondering What if MS releases a portable Xbox similar to the Switch?
Edit: Just to make it clear, I know OP is talking about a portable with non-detachable controllers. It's just funny the similarities.
Edit: Just to make it clear, I know OP is talking about a portable with non-detachable controllers. It's just funny the similarities.
DreadPirateRoberts
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I mean, in theory for the GPU they could use a very large die running at a really low clock rate, but that would be very expensive. Unfortunately that solution doesn't work for the CPU since CPU operations aren't very parallel.
Larogue
Member
Probably Microsoft already have plans for it.
But we gotta wait before there is a portable solution that is capable of running Xbox One games with being power and cost efficient.
The current best gaming mobile SoC is Tegra X1. And we've seen how weak the switch is, and barely can match an Xbox360 (although it's using tuned down version of Tegra X1).
However Tegra P1 and whatever AMD is cooking, both seems promising. And we could see such thing in 2018.
But we gotta wait before there is a portable solution that is capable of running Xbox One games with being power and cost efficient.
The current best gaming mobile SoC is Tegra X1. And we've seen how weak the switch is, and barely can match an Xbox360 (although it's using tuned down version of Tegra X1).
However Tegra P1 and whatever AMD is cooking, both seems promising. And we could see such thing in 2018.
Does MS have tge capability to make a Xbox One portable, yes. Will specs and currebt games suffer on it, yea. Will it affect their slogan and culture that being top in specs is a given, yes. Its a double edged sword if they do release one. But in all seriousness, it needs variety and recognizable IP's to even compete against the Switch, iPhone, Google, Vita market. MS have never released a portable machine that only plays games, they'd be in unfamiliar territory, maybe losing millions in the first 5 years to break into that market. Can't see MS trying the startup route again, after still not breaking even after 12 years in thw console market.
bobbychalkers
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Maybe a generation from now when the tech to do so is cheaper and actually feasible to put in a Switch style form factor. As for now, Microsoft and Sony have nothing to gain right now in following Nintendo with the Switch style portable for their current hardware.
lensoftruth
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It probably wouldn't be far off my first laptop;
True, but:
1) there are many, many digital games on Xbox that are <2GB. Think things like Shovel Knight, Peggle 2, other indies, smaller 3rd-party games, and so forth. You'd be able to grab a ton of those, and maybe one or two bigger games along with.
2) if you just *have* to have everything, spend a fortune on MicroSD lol
You'd also be able to play the large number of games shared between PS4 and XB1. Many of those still come to Vita, but that faucet won't be running forever.
That isn't my motivation at all.
I own both PS4 and Xbox One. And 3DS. And Vita. Heck, even Wii U. I love games, and I also love being able to take my games with me when I travel. I would not want to sacrifice the home experience, just to be able to bring my games on the road.
Supporting a second platform has gotten to be too difficult for gaming companies over these last few years. This is why Sony and Nintendo are both dropping down to one.
Switch is on the right track. But--and maybe it will take a few more years for technology to catch up--I would love to be able to bring a more robust library with me, that dates back many years. I'd like to use more traditional controls to play those games. And, I'd like something a bit smaller. As in, Vita-sized, at most. This device would check all of my boxes, and would not impact the experience for those folks who weren't interested.
For the record, I do plan to get a Switch eventually, as long as lots of developers embrace it (as they did the 3DS). But it's less portable than I'd like. (If the Switch Mini rumors turn out to be true, I'd jump on that...)
Huge Succeeded
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yeah, it's like... I'd love and would want this impossible thing, sure, but lets keep our collective expectations in check