What's the Release Date for the Portable Xbox Series Z? Is it Real?

A design for the rumored Xbox Series Z has been floating around the web, however is it real — and if that is so, what's the portable console's release date?

Sara Belcher - Author

There have been a lot of new gaming consoles to hit the marketplace in the past couple of years: between the Xbox Series X (and its digital counterpart, the Xbox Series S), the PlayStation 5, the Nintendo Switch OLED, and the Steam Deck, there in reality is no scarcity of consoles for any more or less gamer.

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But of course, there's all the time information about the next and biggest factor — which is why gamers have been speculating about the Xbox Series Z, a portable console. Is this hand-held console real, and if that is so, what's its release date?

A viral TikTok showcases the power of the Xbox Series Z.

Rumors about a potential portable model of the Xbox started circulating after a TikTok video from consumer @imkashama began going viral. The video features a swish black console that opens automatically when the Xbox logo on its duvet is pressed. There's a decent-sized display screen on the inside of the quilt (similar to the Nintendo DS design) and a integrated controller and touchpad on the console's bottom half.

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Once it's grew to become on, Xbox's house page is displayed in the higher display screen, while the touchpad on the console's bottom half allows users to scroll a lot of options. In the video that is been circulating on-line, the consumer swipes via their library of games, selecting ones like Far Cry 6 and Among Us.

Kashama doesn't discuss in the video, as an alternative handiest teasing the console's capabilities in a brief, 12-second video.

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Since the TikToker posted the video, it's acquired virtually 36 million perspectives and three.7 million likes — proving there is various demand for a console like this. Considering it was once at first launched in January 2021 and persons are still asking about it, Xbox enthusiasts were ready for news of its potential release.

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Is the Xbox Series Z real? And if this is the case, what's its release date?

Unfortunately, while it's transparent that a portable gaming console from Xbox can be well-received by way of its shoppers, the Xbox Series Z is not real — nor does it appear that Microsoft currently has any plans for a portable console in the close to long term.

Much of Kashama's content is dedicated to mock-up designs for futuristic generation. Some of his other in style videos include an iPhone design with a touch screen on the back and a Game Boy Omega.

The comments on Kashama's video are most commonly in awe of the sort of instrument, noting how helpful it could be.

"Not real but it would be dope," one person commented, while another wrote, "That's like a Nintendo and Xbox had a baby."

"If only Microsoft would hop on the handheld bandwagon," one TikTok user commented. "I swear I would love to play Xbox games on the go like why isn't this a thing?"

Thanks to the quickly rising usage of cloud gaming on consoles like the Nintendo Switch and the fresh release of the Steam Deck (which has promising evaluations), perhaps there is an opportunity for Xbox to create a handheld console in the long term. While Microsoft undoubtedly has festival in that box, die-hard Xbox enthusiasts would clearly be open to this type of concept.

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