It would be fair to say that Xbox has endured mixed fortunes in the last month. The Tokyo Game Show and the reveal of Forza Horizon 6 (not coming to PlayStation at launch, by the way) were followed by a price hike for Xbox Game Pass, which came just after Microsoft did its best to price itself out of the console market.

Then, as if to compound the issue, the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X didn’t get a price until the eleventh hour, and then dropped at an eye-watering $599 and $999. Is the legacy of Xbox to be one of pricey hardware and services, then? Not quite. I think its story runs into the next generation. Let me explain.

Is this an Xbox?

Microsoft’s biggest issue, dating back to the rollout of the Xbox One, has been how it messages its plans. That console, which should have been a s

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