A handheld Xbox can be hardware, an app, or both

Phil Spencer has tried all the new PC gaming handsets: Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go and Steam Deck. He is impressed. But he can't duck a question. How would he make them more Xbox?

"I want my Lenovo Legion Go to feel like an Xbox," Spencer told Polygon in an interview during the annual Game Developers Conference. "I brought [Legion Go] to GDC. I'm on the plane and I have this list of everything that makes it not feel like an Xbox. Forget the brand. More like: Are all my games there? Are all my games showing up with save [files] that I want? I'll tell you one [game] that doesn't right now—it's driving me crazy—is Fallout 76. It doesn't have cross-save.

"I want to be able to launch the Xbox app in full screen, but in a compact mode. And all my social [experience] is there. Like I want it to feel like a dash on my Xbox when I turn on the TV. [Except I want it] on those devices."