The $499 Xbox Series X and $299 Xbox Series S are just weeks away from release. However, according to a new interview with Xbox boss Phil Spencer, Microsoft may have even more affordable hardware for playing new Xbox games in the form of a streaming stick.

Speaking to Stratechery (via The Verge), Spencer mentioned the possibility of additional versions of Xbox Game Pass (including dedicated hardware for streaming Xbox games to a TV).

"When you think about streaming sticks and other things that someone might want to hook up to their TV and play via xCloud, I think there will be lower-cost hardware as part of our ecosystem," Spencer told Stratechery told Stratechery.

"You could imagine things like Game Pass subscriptions that would allow you to stream xCloud games to your TV or buy controllers," Spencer continued.

The Xbox boss also mentioned Xbox Game Pass Platinum. Given that, it is easy to imagine Microsoft offering inexpensive streaming dongles to Game Pass subscribers.

The Xbox streaming stick would fit nicely into Microsoft's overall strategy of bringing Xbox games to as many people as possible; in addition to releasing games on Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, Microsoft is offering Xbox Game The Game Pass library includes first-party games like "Gears 5" and "Halo: The Master Chief Collection," as well as "DLC: The Master Chief Collection. party games like "Gears 5" and "Halo: The Master Chief Collection," as well as popular third-party titles like "Doom Eternal" and "Destiny 2.

Microsoft is also working to bring Xbox game streaming to iOS via a special web-based app that circumvents Apple's App Store restrictions on game streaming services.

That leaves television as the primary location where Xbox games cannot currently be streamed. While Microsoft has indicated that game streaming may be offered for Xbox and PC, affordable streaming dongles like the Roku Streaming Stick and Chromecast with Google TV are new entry points into the company's gaming ecosystem could provide a new entry point into the company's gaming ecosystem.