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Such is the case for Microsoft’s rumored portable game console (PGC), currently dubbed the “Xplayer.” A new report out from the analysts at The Diffusion Group suggests that the Xplayer is not only real, but that it will challenge the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP for domination in the handheld gaming marketplace.

Our own reporting on the issue suggested that the Xplayer would primarily be a media device with some gaming functionality, but (if the new report is correct) it now looks as though Microsoft will market a device designed to both play video games and to consume media. The device is expected to leverage the Xbox brand name, but won’t launch until later 2007 or early 2008.