Phil Spencer says Xbox handheld is few years out, at least – WGB

Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer has been fairly open about his desire to see Xbox enter the handheld market, and now he’s supplied an replace on these plans.

Speaking to Bloomberg in a wide-ranging interview that coated every little thing from handhelds to extra Xbox video games coming to PlayStation and Switch, Spencer tackled the thought of a handheld Xbox head-on.

Spencer stated that the “expectation is that we might do one thing” and acknowledged that the corporate is actively engaged on prototypes.

Nevertheless, in response to the Bloomberg article the machine remains to be “a couple of years out.”

“Long term, I really like us constructing units,” Spencer instructed Bloomberg. “And I feel our workforce may do some actual modern work, however we wish to be told by studying and what’s occurring now.”

Apparently, within the coming months Xbox will give attention to making the Xbox app a greater expertise on present transportable units.

On that subject, Spencer appears to imagine that Apple and Google shall be extra open to the thought of Xbox on their respective platforms sooner or later.

“I feel the ball is shifting in the appropriate route,” Spencer acknowledged. “I feel this concept of open platforms, the place customers have extra selection, creators have extra selection, you see the momentum, proper?”