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Microsoft leadership has been putting a lot of weight on <\/a>, and several of its business decisions of late appear to center on getting more people into that subscription service. One of those projects was called Keystone, a dedicated streaming device that would let Game Pass customers play Xbox titles without an Xbox console. After first <\/a>, the project was eventually <\/a>. That team instead shifted focus to a smart TV streaming app, leaving Keystone to disappear into the void. Today, <\/em><\/a> uncovered a patent that showed what the Keystone might have looked like.<\/p>\n This <\/a> has more detail than we ever got from the Xbox leadership about the project. The only glimpse we’d seen before now was in a teaser image Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer <\/a> 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 button.<\/p>\n Microsoft has made <\/a> 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 <\/a> after a leak had hinted at much bigger 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n