Xbox portable console could be in the works to take on the might of the Nintendo Switch Lite Fan-made concept images of an Xbox Series portable console have impressed. (Image source: Xbox/imkashama - edited) A tech leaker has claimed that Microsoft is currently developing a “portable machine” that will soon be announced to the world. An Xbox portable console or Xbox Series handheld device could take the market by storm and provide direct competition to the Nintendo Switch Lite. Just don’t expect it to be called the Xboy though. Internet of Things (IoT), iOS, Wearable, Ticker Apparently, Microsoft is busy working on a “portable machine”, which has led to speculation that the Redmond-based company is preparing to unleash an Xbox handheld onto the market. Rumors about such a machine have floated around for years, and Microsoft has even spent R&D time on a handheld console. According to Robbie Bach, a former President of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, numerous attempts were made to bring an Xbox portable to market, with the device constantly being named the “Xboy”.