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Last year, Microsoft officially confirmed years of rumors and announced plans for “standalone playback devices” that could play Xbox games through the company’s xCloud service. Now, however, the company says it will essentially return to the drawing board and the “pivot.”[ing] away from the current “iteration” of this transmission-focused hardware.
In a statement to Windows Central, a Microsoft spokesman reaffirmed that the company “has been working on a gaming device, codenamed Keystone, which could be connected to any TV or monitor without the need for a console. “. At the same time, this spokesman suggested that it may take some time for the hardware to finish and be released:
As part of any technical journey, we constantly evaluate our efforts, review our learning, and make sure we add value to our customers. We’ve made the decision to move away from the current iteration of the Keystone device. We take our learnings and focus our efforts on a new approach that will allow us to offer Xbox Cloud Gaming to more gamers around the world in the future.
Microsoft’s statement comes weeks after a GamesBeat report suggested that Microsoft’s game playback device would be released “in the next 12 months,” citing people familiar with [Microsoft’s] This report also said that certain Samsung smart TVs would have an Xbox cloud streaming app in the same time period.
Data miners have recently uncovered Keystone’s code name amid lists of operating systems in certain Microsoft codes, prompting some speculation that the product line was nearing a final release or announcement.
Despite the increasing attention to streaming games on various devices in recent years, Microsoft said last year that “the console remains our flagship experience. We want to offer the most powerful and capable consoles in the world, devices that allow our players to enjoy amazing games for years to come, including the game we still can’t imagine. “