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Last month, Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed a prototype of Keystone, a streaming device that Microsoft has been working on to integrate with Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming service. While we've been waiting for some news about it, Spencer announced that Microsoft pushed back the introduction of the streaming console because of its price.
“It was more expensive than we wanted it to be when we actually built it out with the hardware that we had inside,” he told The Verge. “We decided to focus that team’s effort on delivering the smart TV streaming app.”
This app was created together with Samsung, but Microsoft is still working on the streaming device: “With Keystone, we’re still focused on it and watching when we can get the right cost.”
The company wanted it to cost around $129 or $99, Spencer shared, but a controller bundled with Keystone and the silicon components increased the price to $299, so now the prototype is in Spencer's office.
“The reason it’s on my shelf is because the team rolled up their sleeves, and in nine months, they built that thing,” he said. “A bunch of us took it home, and it worked. It worked really, really well.”
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