Rumours of an Xbox portable device, similar to the Steam Deck, have had another boost as a very hand-held friendly dashboard is leaked.
At this point it seems an understatement to describe Xbox’s heavily signposted plans, to release a next gen handheld console, as a mere ‘rumour’.
Most of the hints have come from Xbox boss Phil Spencer himself, who has long let it be known that he is a fan of the Steam Deck and other similar PC devices, and in June essentially confirmed that Xbox is making its own variation of the concept.
The only thing there hasn’t been is any kind of visual leak, but now that seems to have happened to, albeit via an unexpected source.
The latest episode of Top Gear isn’t anything to do with Xbox or consoles but in a segment about Robotaxi there’s a brief shot of a car by Croatian manufacturer Rimac, which shows what is clearly a completely different Xbox dashboard to normal.
It seems highly unlikely that Xbox created a bespoke version of their dashboard for a Croatian electric car maker, so the obvious assumption is that this is for the currently unannounced new portable.
ð£ð¼ððð¶ð¯ð¹ð² ðð²ð®ð¸: Rimac may have leaked a new mobile style ð«ð¯ð¼ð ðð®ððµð¯ð¼ð®ð¿ð± during the Robotaxi reveal on Topgear.
Would look good on an ð«ð¯ð¼ð ðð®ð»ð±ðµð²ð¹ð±, is all I’m saying! pic.twitter.com/JJN5UYzLPk
— XboxCore (@_XboxNews) June 27, 2024
The dashboard appears to function a model of the blades design from the Xbox 360 period, which many followers would welcome anyway. It’s solely on display for a couple of seconds although, so the one different factor that may actually be discerned is that the video games Halo Infinite, Fortnite, and The Finals are featured.
Microsoft has beforehand implied that their subsequent gen console(s) will probably be launched in 2026 however it could not be shocking in the event that they launched a brand new model of the dashboard, designed with a conveyable in thoughts, earlier than it was out – as a way to get individuals used to idea.
Technically, none of Spencer’s hints have talked about the following gen and whereas that’s what everybody has assumed he’s getting at, it’s doable Xbox might launch a conveyable this technology after which one other one in 2026.
That’s simply hypothesis although and it’ll want an official announcement from Xbox earlier than it’s clear what they’re planning.
However, if the brand new dashboard is supposed as a prelude to a {hardware} announcement that would come shortly, if it’s one thing that’s going for use on extraordinary dwelling consoles as effectively.
That’s precisely what the Top Gear clip above implies, however how far prematurely it could come earlier than the hand held is at present not possible to guess.
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