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Only Microsoft Can Save Windows-Powered Handheld Game Consoles (2024)

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Summary
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69% Informative

The Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck are the latest handheld gaming consoles to hit the market.

Most manufacturers are relying on Windows , and that's a detriment to the entire ecosystem.

Manufacturers can’t do a lot to change how Windows behaves on a gaming handheld.

Only Microsoft can change the way handhelds handle a low battery and how that notification is dismissed.

Microsoft introduced a preview of a version of its Xbox app called Compact Mode in late 2023 .

Compact Mode gives gaming handhelds running Windows a Steam Decklike interface designed primarily for controller input.

The Jump Back In feature lets players immediately launch their most recently played games.

If Microsoft wants Xbox to be everywhere, it might need to adopt the model Google uses for Android .

VR Score

56

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46

Neutral language

51

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

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not offensive

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medium-lived

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