It’s just Xbox branded, though. ASUS controls the device and I don’t think it likely that Microsoft is hedging the future of Xbox on a (likely) one-time business arrangement. This was just the compromise for Microsoft’s failed in-house handheld that never saw the light of day.
For M$ to subsidize some of the cost of the hardware seeing how it’s their “next leap” for the Xbox? Or something along those lines.
It’s just Xbox branded, though. ASUS controls the device and I don’t think it likely that Microsoft is hedging the future of Xbox on a (likely) one-time business arrangement. This was just the compromise for Microsoft’s failed in-house handheld that never saw the light of day.