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3 months ago

Microsoft offers a an Xbox "developer mode" that lets users run their own software on their consoles.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xbox-apps/devk...

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paulmd  3 months ago

it's unfortunately quite gimped, basically UWP-only and running with the system capped to around 1/4th of the typical performance, so it's not really that useful.

if the EU hadn't specifically exempted games consoles, it would be legally incompliant with the gatekeeping requirements.

  • favorited  3 months ago

    The Net Yaroze had similar limitations. You couldn't access the disc drive, so all of your game's data had to live inside your executable binary, which needed to fit in RAM. It was hobbyist hardware, not intended to compete with actual dev kits, which were ISA cards that contained real PlayStation hardware, which you would slot into your PC.