"We are 100 percent looking at making things in the future. We have our next-gen hardware in development. We've been looking at prototyping, designing. We have a partnership we've announced with AMD around it, so that is coming. What we saw here was an opportunity to innovate in a new way and to bring gamers another choice, in addition to our next-gen hardware. We are always listening to what players and creators want. When there is demand for innovation, we're going to build it."
"We have a variety of innovations in store that I'm really excited about, and they're going to sit side by side with this collaboration that we have with ASUS. You've seen how we're willing to take some of the hardware IP that we do have and use that to kind of boost and get more choice and more flexibility to players. At the end of the day, that's what should be guiding us, not some weird boundary."
Xbox aims to be more things to more people by expanding hardware range and variety. The platform is pursuing dedicated next-gen hardware while also partnering with third parties for alternative devices. Microsoft has an announced partnership with AMD for next-gen hardware development and is prototyping and designing new devices. Xbox collaborated with ASUS to produce the Xbox-branded ROG Ally X PC gaming handheld, priced around $1,000, prompting debate over price and platform direction. Company representatives emphasize listening to players and creators and intend to offer multiple hardware choices that can sit side-by-side in a broader multiplatform ecosystem.
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