According to an interview conducted by IGN, Xbox’s Robbie Bach said that Microsoft was planning to make a portable device similar to the Nintendo handhelds or the PlayStation Portable. While the project never made it out of the drawings phase, it’s still interesting to know that they explored the possibility. I don’t know if the device would’ve been a success or not but maybe one day Microsoft will attempt it again. Cinema Blend said:
IGN managed to talk with former Xbox executive Robbie Bach, who stopped by to offer some comments during their IGN Unfiltered podcast. The article has a scattering of quotes from Bach, who mentioned that they never reached the prototype stage for what was being dubbed as the “Xboy” but “there were definitely drawings.”
Do you like the idea of a portable Xbox? Maybe a portable Xbox 360 handheld? Let us know.
Source: Cinema Blend
Asher is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 1110 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on opinion pieces, game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: wrote over 1,100 ICXM pieces on Xbox news, hardware reviews, and platform commentary before joining Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017.