It Sounds Like Microsoft Has Shelved Its Xbox Streaming Stick

It Sounds Like Microsoft Has Shelved Its Xbox Streaming Stick

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It seems like Microsoft has shelved its Xbox streaming stick
The HDMI dongle was apparently scheduled for an E3 reveal this yr; then the PlayStation 4 Professional occurred.
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Prior to Microsoft's keynote at E3 this yr, a raft of rumors had been swirling about. Microsoft's reply to the PlayStation four Pro (which we now know as Project Scorpio ) and the Xbox One S garnered a lot of the attention, however loose lips additionally prompt an Xbox-branded streaming dongle was in the works as nicely. The Chromecast-like device would've streamed Windows 10 apps and "gentle Common Home windows Platform" games in addition to content material from an Xbox One. It would value $ninety nine in keeping with Windows Central Not anymore, nevertheless.
"Challenge Hobart" (apparently the cool sounding codenames are reserved for gaming hardware), was pushed under the rug ahead of E3 to deal with the Xbox One S and revealing subsequent yr's excessive-end Xbox One, Venture Scorpio. As WC tells it, Microsoft was going to order 300,000 models of the machine and it'd launch shortly after E3. Moreover, Microsoft was apparently compelled to prematurely reveal Scorpio after Sony spilled its guts to the Financial Instances about PlayStation four Pro, just forward of gaming's grand gala.
That final bit makes loads of sense contemplating Microsoft has said close to nothing about the console when it comes to real data, and selected to rattle off system specs and video of a motherboard as a substitute of a console and games in June.
But this isn't all. The company apparently scrapped a couple of non-Xbox devices ahead of last month's Surface Studio occasion as nicely, based on The Verge CEO Satya Nadella reportedly cancelled a Floor Mini pill at the final minute, in addition to an Amazon Echo-like gadget that might function the Cortana digital assistant.
Once more, these are all stories with no official affirmation from Microsoft, so there's nonetheless the prospect that we could see any of the aforementioned units sooner or later in the future.
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