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Microsoft’s Xbox boss “accidentally” shows an Xbox device we’ve never seen before
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(Image credit: Twitter / Phil Spencer)
(Image credit: Twitter / Phil Spencer)
DidMicrosoft’s Xbox boss leak Microsoft’s streaming-only Game Pass device? Well, it certainly seems so.
In an image posted toTwitter, Phil Spencer seems to have included a little Xbox device. Gamers were quick to spot it, leading the Official Xbox topost: “Now what did we say about putting old prototypes on your shelf boss”.
Did Spencer just leakProject Keystone?
Microsoft has previously confirmed that Keystone is real and a priority for the company, but other than that it’s kept awfully quiet. So you can see why Spencer’s tweet has caused some excitement.
Why this looks like a genuine leak
It’s possible, but highly unlikely, that Phil Spencer accidentally posted a picture that just happened to have an Xbox prototype on it. But heads of massive corporations' biggest divisions don’t tend to make mistakes like that.
If it is a prototype, it isn’t a prototype of the Series S or Series X: it’s far too small, and doesn’t look remotely like any of the dev kits Microsoft made before finishing those Xboxes' designs. It’s closer in size to an Xbox controller than to an actual Xbox.
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What it does look like, though, is a box to connect to a TV. Which of course is what Keystone is going to be. So the smart money says that this is either a prototype of Keystone that Microsoft has since abandoned – we know that earlier this year the firm decided to change direction on the hardware – or it’s a sneaky leak of the new version.
Whatever the explanation, Microsoft’s Xbox dongle can’t be too far away: theXbox TV appis already onSamsungTVs, andLogitech’s new handheld games consoleruns Xbox cloud gaming too. The cloud bit is here and it works; all we need now is the hardware to run it on devices that don’t already support it.
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