Your TV is Xbox. Your computer is Xbox. Your phone, your crappy Android tablet, the infotainment display in your car, all Xboxes are terrible. If Microsoft is right about the future of gaming, your gaming console could soon become an Xbox, even if it’s not an Xbox. It’s an captivating idea and raises some fascinating questions about the gaming industry. Here’s one of those questions: Shouldn’t Xbox play Xbox games? Here’s another: Will they ever be good?
ON this episode Vergecast, EdgeSean Hollister begins the show by telling us about his experience with two fresh Xbox consoles: the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X. In a sea of Windows mobile devices, they are officially branded as Xbox and therefore have some high expectations attached to them. They largely fail to meet these expectations. This makes us wonder: is Microsoft’s vision for the future of gaming the right one? And even if so, will Microsoft be able to pull it off?
Finally, Sean returns to facilitate us answer a question from the Vergecast hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about whether hybrid computers – an idea from 2012 – could be the future of computing. Why have many devices when you can have one with many parts?
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