All the usual pundits are pulling their hair out over a recent blockbuster Fortune story from this week detailing what the next-gen Xbox console will supposedly cost. That rumored price point doesn’t matter nearly as much as the other big news: the company’s first self-made Xbox handheld sounds like the gaming device we really need right now.

Xbox’s Project Helix —its next-gen console that’s supposed to combine console and PC gaming under one roof—is “projected to cost consumers between $1,200 and $1,800, unless Microsoft decides to subsidize the cost,” according to Fortune. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has repeatedly intoned that few people will buy an Xbox if it costs so much . You can try to tell a player they’ll have access to the OG Xbox, Xbox 360, and current console catalog as well as PC games. It will still be hard for any player’s budget to justify.

The online riff-raff are missing the forest for the trees. Xbox reportedly has its console slated for the end of 2028.…