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The rumored Xbox handheld just leaked — full photos, specs, and app updates — but there’s a big twist: it doesn’t actually play native Xbox games. In this video, we break down everything about the leaked Xbox portable PC, how it compares to the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, and why Microsoft might be branding this as an “Xbox PC” instead of a real Xbox console.
⚠️ Is this the future of Xbox handheld gaming? Or just a confusing Windows device in disguise?
We’ll cover:
Xbox handheld leak 2025 explained
Xbox PC vs Xbox console differences
What is the new Xbox handheld device?
Why this Xbox doesn’t support Game Pass natively
Xbox portable gaming rumors and Microsoft’s strategy
🎮 Let’s talk about what gamers really want — a true handheld console, or another overpriced PC?
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hey everyone we're talking about this
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massive leak that just came out the
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full-blown images of the Xbox handheld
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that just dropped earlier today straight
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from what looks like a factory if you
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were on Twitter at all today you've seen
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these images going everywhere here's a
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post from Dick Duro talking about it
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saying the new Xbox handheld Project
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Kenan where's Kell at at who loves
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orange soda has been leaked the device
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is a collaboration between Microsoft and
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Asus and this is getting a lot of uh I
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would say uh criticism from gamers a lot
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of people are actually wondering what
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the hell is the point with this
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console and and while this is exciting I
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would say the real question is what even
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is this thing right xbox fans are
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scratching their heads and honestly I
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get it this handheld doesn't really seem
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like it plays Xbox games guys it's
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branded as an Xbox but there's a whole
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weird situation with this let's go ahead
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and break it down so for months Xbox has
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been hinting at some kind of handheld
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device we knew it was coming but now we
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got the actual photos that are in all
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these tweets that we're seeing today and
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along with these photos the Xbox app
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which funny enough has apparently been
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updated right quietly updated at that
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like shadow dropped they've added a
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battery meter on the top right you can
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see as like a handheld device would have
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a Wi-Fi indicator and a clock basically
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signaling that this device is eminent
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and it it might even get a surprise
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launch to be completely honest we might
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see a shadow drop just out of nowhere
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get released now let's talk about the
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design of this whole handheld taking a
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look at the images it's clearly
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influenced by devices like the Steam
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Deck or the ROG Ally has big grips it
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has a big screen it has full controls it
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even has an Xbox button a dedicated Xbox
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button and the standard ABXY layout that
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you would see on Xboxes but uh here's
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where things get weird despite it being
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Xbox branded this thing can't actually
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run Xbox games
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natively so what in the blue hell is the
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point of this actual device right it's a
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Windows-based device that means you can
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play Xbox PC games titles that are
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available through PC Game Pass so you
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got to got Game Pass but there's there's
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no console only games that would work on
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this so it's more of a handheld gaming
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PC with Xbox stickers on it than an
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actual Xbox handheld which is quite a
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bit of a let let down even though I
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still have speculation and theory that
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Xbox will be releasing a actual full
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dedicated Xbox handheld in the future
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but right now this seems more like it's
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a collaboration between the two
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companies right so people are confused
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some like the design and others think it
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looks pretty clunky many are wondering
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what the point of this device even is if
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it can't play all Xbox titles can we
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even call it an Xbox handheld let's take
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a look at some tweets that we got out
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here so going back to this post from uh
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VGT Gaming you can see people are saying
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it's going to cost like 700 looks
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nothing special at all seriously says
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"Was interested but not anymore i hate
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the controller grips."
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Misier Tech says "I think Asus ROG
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needed to hire Colt Eastwood and use his
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much better design." Marco says "What
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has this to do with Xbox is it just the
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new Ally 2 in the extreme version?" So I
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mean a lot of people were saying it's
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bull crap that it's not even good you
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could even see Natalia Server says
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"Exbox can't do anything right their
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handheld has been leaked it's awful it
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can only play Xbox PC and it's made by
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Asus they suck at customer services this
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looks bad like really really bad now I
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think if it was just a Steam Deck sure
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but can't you already play Game Pass
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games on the regular Steam
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Deck i know that there's Xbox Cloud and
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all those other services but I I agree
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what's the point what is the point
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people are confused in Demion shout outs
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to them says new Xbox handheld
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leaked right my only gripe is the
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controller is baked into the system
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which this is a good point says "Yeah I
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know it might be a patent nightmare to
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be like Switch however I think these
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days controllers break more often and
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the idea of my controller not working in
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my actual system handheld sounds like a
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nightmare these things need to be able
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to swap out the sides in my opinion or
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maybe I'm just and I press my
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buttons and pull my sticks too hard it's
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just a me problem i don't know probably
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so I I could understand the concern on
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that uh to be quite honest cuz it is uh
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the controllers are literally just baked
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in all right doesn't even look like we'd
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be able to pull them off whatever what
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happens if it breaks what happens if it
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breaks so what Microsoft seems to be
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doing is building a new category which
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is the Xbox PC right there's no Xbox
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consore it's the Xbox PC which is
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basically a Windows gaming machine that
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leans heavily into Xbox branding and
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services but this pivot I feel is
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raising eyebrows if it doesn't simplify
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the gaming experience who's this really
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for in fact I think it complicates it it
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it do you think casuals are going to
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want to be fiddling and diddling with
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having to sign up for PC gaming Game
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Pass and having to I don't know it just
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seems overly complicated as opposed to
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something that could just play Xbox
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games natively and uh yeah I think uh
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dedicated
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handhelds are awesome remember the PSP
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that thing had original titles made
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specifically for that handheld device it
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was designed around portability even the
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Switch is designed around portability
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even though it could be docked these new
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devices they're powerful but they're
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bulky they're not exactly pocket
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friendly like you can't carry this Xbox
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PC handheld whatever the heck you want
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to call it in your pocket this is a huge
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sucker it's clunky right and despite all
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this confusion insiders are claiming
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that Microsoft like I said is still
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working on a real Xbox handheld
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something that would be closer to a
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miniseries S but until that surfaces I
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feel like they're literally just testing
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the waters with this device i I feel
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this is a test
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uh with these Xbox branded Windows PCs
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this is And why is the thing so dusty
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too look at all these fingerprints and
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just how much finger dust and all that
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is on this this is a pretty dusty thing
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now honestly I'm skeptical about this i
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think these handheld PCs sound great on
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paper but when you take into account
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price battery life lack of true Xbox
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integration and it's a real tough sell i
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I don't think too many people are going
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to want this even even hardcore fans to
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be completely honest I I think we want
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something simple something affordable
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and something that's built for gaming on
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the go this is essentially another $700
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gaming tech experiment so I want to know
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what you guys think would you buy this
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Xbox PC handheld or are you waiting for
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the real deal Holyfield uh make sure you
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always peace out
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