Microsoft triples down on Xbox hardware commitment, while also teasing first-party gaming handhelds — will it actually happen?

Xbox Ally X lying on its back on a table with the Windows desktop showing on its screen. .

Over the past couple of weeks, Microsoft's Xbox has been dealing with more hate than usual.

Hot on the heels of mass layoffs over the summer, Microsoft joined other companies in raising prices on its products — but Xbox Game Pass Ultimate took a strangely egregious 50% price hike which is beyond the scope of a usual inflationary price increase.