DF review of steam deck is out and they have made an interesting comparison with PS4. Which I think could tell us about the possibility of native xbox portable.
A PS4 level handheld is only now possible at the end of the PS4 generation itself (keeping in mind it really isn’t at 1080p but 720p) So Xbox need to figure out how to do it in middle of this generation for xbox series s. Which I find impossible to do so from just SoC’s architecture point. We need a battery revolution for it to happen. So that the possible headset could arrive in middle of this gen. Otherwise it would only be possible at the end of this series generation and there is no point in that.
I also don’t think that super resolution could help out here. Because series S is already struggling and Super resolution is required to save series S itself.
Offcourse, miracle could happen and in next two years AMD may have the same series S performance in a 15 watt TDP SoC. But that’s highly unlikely to happen. That’s like 1/3 or 1/4 of power targets.
It is disappointing but we need to look for other solutions now.
Maybe xbox or xbox studios in particular could support other handhelds on market and give us the experience of a true Gamepass + Xbox on an handheld experience.