Microsoft’s Subsequent Xbox, Coming 2028, Envisions Hybrid Computing

The paperwork within the FTC v. Microsoft case additionally reveal Microsoft’s far future plans for 2028 — by which the corporate believed it may obtain “full convergence” of its cloud gaming platform and bodily {hardware} to ship “cloud hybrid video games.” From a report: “Our imaginative and prescient: develop a subsequent technology hybrid recreation platform able to leveraging the mixed energy of the shopper and cloud to ship deeper immersion and completely new courses of recreation experiences.” These are the phrases on only one slide from a leaked presentation dubbed “The Subsequent Technology of Gaming at Microsoft,” which seems to be a Might 2022 pitch doc fully round this concept. The corporate imagined you taking part in these video games utilizing the mixed energy of a sub-$99 gadget — probably a handheld — and its xCloud platform concurrently.