An Xbox handheld will possibly be announced in 2025, a well-known leaker has said. The claim suggests that the rumored device might not be part of the next generation of Xbox consoles but instead expand the current one.
Chatter about Microsoft potentially entering the portable gaming market has been circulating online for the better part of 2024. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer even personally stoked Xbox handheld rumors back in February, by liking some tweets calling for the company to make such a device.
A well-known leaker suggests that the next-gen Xbox console will mark a significant shift in Microsoft's gaming hardware strategy.
Something of the sort may indeed be announced in the near future, according to industry insider Jez Corden. Speaking during a November 4 episode of The Xbox Two Podcast, Corden fielded a viewer question about the status of the new gaming hardware that Xbox President Sarah Bond mentioned earlier in 2024, saying it would be showcased by year's end. While the leaker opined that Bond's remarks were referring to the new Xbox Series X/S models that launched in October, he noted that there's a possibility Microsoft unveils some "genuinely new hardware" sometime in 2025....
