Officially announced last Sunday (8), Rog Abox Ally should represent the only way Microsoft will work with laptops in the near future. According to internal sources heard by The Verge, The company decided to abandon plans for its own hardware “And that must have consequences for your future consoles.”
Reporter Tom Warren says the company made that decision days after deciding to put aside the plans for its own device. The intention, at first, was to resume their development after their engineers devoting some time to Windows optimization so that they run better product games with great sensitivity to battery use.
While this remains the company’s current focus, it no longer intends to resume the portable Xbox project with its own hardware. However, She must continue working with partners like Asus To produce other devices that take the brand and bring unique characteristics.
Xbox future will be more open
According to Warren, the decision also represents a glance of the way the company intends to work in the space of consoles. While still betting on proprietary hardware in this space, it must also work more openly and with a new licensing system.
“Let’s see multiple PC manufacturers devices like Asus, which will also be considered new generation Xbox consoles”He explained. This is not exactly a new idea for the world of games: in the 1990s, platforms like 3DO also worked with specifications that could be adopted by several manufacturers, for example.
In the case of Microsoft, however, the next generation of Xbox should get closer than we see in the PC market. This means that while Microsoft’s partners should sell machines with varied specifications, they will be joined by optimized software-base and that brings a gaming experience.
“That’s because the new generation of Xbox is being built openly, with devices like Rog Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. These laptops appear to be a market test where Microsoft will go with the combination of Windows and Xbox, and with its objective of turning any screen into an Xbox“, Explica Warren.
Transition will face some challenges
The Verge explains that the company’s main challenge in this transition is precisely the Xbox brand. While it is recognized and has its value, the fact is that devices such as the laptops announced by Asus cannot play the games released to the consoles of the same name – because in practice they are PCs.
While the company can get around this in first party titles with the Play Anywhere system, the same is not the case with Third Party studios. Furthermore, the transition to the most open format also affects issues such as backward. Even though cloud gaming is a solution, technology does not yet replace the quality offered by native reproduction.
The Bet of The Verge is that Microsoft will be able to solve these challenges over time through advanced emulation techniques. Meanwhile, she must bet on opening her new platforms as their main attraction – something that will even allow the playstation competitor’s access to PC games.
Fonte: The Verge
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Source: https://www.adrenaline.com.br/games/xbox/xbox-cancela-planos-para-portatil-proprio-apos-anuncio-do-rog-xbox-ally/
