Looking further ahead, speculation persists about whether Microsoft’s next console will even follow the traditional console model.

However other publications dispute this claim, stating that an Xbox-branded handheld is not expected to arrive this year.

Microsoft has repeatedly acknowledgedthe need for improvementin this area.

Microsoft’s next-gen gaming strategy: A handheld, a PC-like Xbox, or both?

It will support backwards compatibility, and developers will require less work to port games between PC and Xbox.