Microsoft is thinking about making a handheld, but their worst enemy isn’t Sony, Nintendo, or even the ghost of Zune.
It’s Windows.
That OS that fights controllers like they owe it money. What if Microsoft finally fixed Windows for a handheld… and then, in the biggest “hold my beer” moment ever, they drop a Windows-runs-natively update for Xbox? Suddenly, the Series X isn’t just an Xbox (it’s a Steam machine, or Epic games hub, or hell, GOG's on there too). Xbox gamers get Game Pass and Steam, making Microsoft the undisputed gaming warlord of both couch and commute.
Meanwhile, Sony and Nintendo watch from the sidelines, trapped in their walled gardens as Xbox players boot up Baldur’s Gate 3 on literally anything.
Would it happen? Probably not.
Could it happen? Yeah.
Would it be hilarious? Absolutely.
Microsoft, your move.