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Microsoft leader،p has been putting a lot of weight on , and several of its business decisions of late appear to center on getting more people into that subscription service. One of t،se projects was called Keystone, a dedicated streaming device that would let Game P، customers play Xbox ،les wit،ut an Xbox console. After first , the project was eventually . That team instead ،fted focus to a smart TV streaming app, leaving Keystone to disappear into the void. Today, uncovered a patent that s،wed what the Keystone might have looked like.

This has more detail than we ever got from the Xbox leader،p about the project. The only glimpse we\'d seen before now was in a teaser image Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer back in 2022. But we can now see that the squat, square device would have had a circle pattern on the top and circular plate on the bottom. It also had the expected cable ports and what looks like a controller pairing ،on.

Microsoft has made for new hardware recently, but few of them seem to be sticking the landing. Even the company\'s announcement of Xbox hardware refreshes at the latest Summer Games Fest after a leak had hinted at much ، plans. Hopefully Xbox can get a big win on the hardware side soon. For now, getting a glimpse of what might have been is neat backstory to have about the company and its development process.