Often well informed when it comes to Microsoft, Tom Warren of The Verge is formal: this white box, even more discreet than an Xbox Series S, corresponds in all respects to the description given of Keystone, the code name of this device which was mistakenly believed for a long time to take the form of a stick to be inserted directly into a USB port. As it stands, and even if the Xbox Twitter account adds fuel to the fire by calling the object an “old prototype”, Keystone would take the form of a small box that can be connected to a TV or a monitor, like a traditional console. Unlike that Keystone will only stream games through the Xbox Cloud Gaming that Xbox Game Pass subscribers already have access to today on console, mobile, PC, and even some TVs. The device could also ship some additional applications like Netflix, according to The Verge.
Remember that Microsoft had already officially mentioned the existence of this 100% streaming Xbox in the past, while admitting that it had to review certain plans in order to work on a new version of the device. According to sources at The Verge, Microsoft is still working on Keystone and intends to market this machine, the failure of Stadia probably not being likely to discourage the emperor of the Cloud that is Microsoft. In the meantime, we have seen the multinational make a pact with Samsung to integrate an Xbox application into the connected TVs of 2022 or even approach the manufacturer Logitech to highlight the presence of Xbox Cloud Gaming in the Logitech G Cloud laptop, a device with 300 dollars however announced only in North America for the moment.
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