Njengoba bonke abathandi be-game console bezokwazi, ukwethulwa kwesizukulwane esisha se PlayStation y Xbox iya ngokuya isondela futhi kubonakala sengathi izohambisana nezindaba eziphathelene nama-tablet by Microsoft. Ngokwezindaba zakamuva, amahemuhemu I-Xbox Surface, kwakungase kuthiwe ekugcineni X Surface, izokwethulwa njengokuphelelisa okusha Xbox.
Sesiside isikhathi sizwa amahlebezi mayelana nephrojekthi Microsoft ukwethula i- ithebhulethi entsha 7 amayintshi, eqondiswe ikakhulukazi kumageyimu nokukhiqizwa kabusha kokuqukethwe, ngokungafani namanje Ingaphezulu RT y Surface Pro, eqondiswe kakhulu emsebenzini, ikakhulukazi ngenxa ye Office. Kusanda kuqinisekiswa nokuthi I-Windows Blue, owalandela Windows 8, Kungaba elungiselelwe izikrini ezingama-intshi angu-7. Kodwa-ke, njengoba sisho, le phrojekthi ye-Redmond ibilokhu isemoyeni isikhathi eside futhi ibonakala ingaqedi ukubonakala. Namuhla sifundile, njengoba kubikiwe I-Redmond Pie, ukuthi kwethulwa ithebhulethi ehlangene ye Microsoft ingenzeka kanye naleyo yesizukulwane esisha se Xbox.
Okusha Xbox Izoklanywa ukuthi ihambisane namadivayisi amaningana azohambisana nolwazi lwawo lomsebenzisi, futhi eyokuqala yawo ukufika kuzoba ithebhulethi, igama layo eliwumnqamulajuqu okubonakala sengathi X Surface (zonke izesekeli ze- Xbox izobonakala ngaleyo X njengesiqalo). Kodwa-ke, ayikho imininingwane mayelana nokucaciswa kwayo kobuchwepheshe, nakuba umthombo ofanayo ubonisa ukuthi kulindeleke ukuthi ibe nezici ezidlula lezo. Ingaphezulu RT, ukuze ikwazi ukusetshenziswa nemidlalo yesizukulwane esilandelayo. Ulwazi lwakamuva esinalo mayelana nezici zale thebhulethi ziqinisekisa ukuthi izoba nephrosesa ARM kanye nesikrini esinokulungiswa 1280 x 720.
Kubonakala sengathi le divayisi ingaba nomsebenzi ofana nalowo wezilawuli ze- I-Wii U nakuba, yebo, ithimba elizimele elizophinde lisetshenziswe ngokuzimela.