Xbox promise ‘largest technical leap’ for next gen console as it confirms handheld [Video]

Microsoft has made some big promises for its next generation hardware, which looks set to include an Xbox handheld.

Between mass layoffs and poor sales of the Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft hasn’t exactly had the best time in the current console generation.

The company has been saved from disaster by the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which has boosted Xbox’s overall profits as the company shifts its strategy towards multiplatform releases and putting its subscription service Xbox Game Pass on other devices.

With the Xbox Series X/S firmly behind the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch in the console race, Microsoft has already started to publicly speak about its next generation plans, which seem to encompass more than one piece of hardware.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has repeatedly promised the ‘biggest technological leap ever in a generation’ when talking about the company’s new hardware, without giving any specifics as to how that could happen.

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