Comment by PaulHoule
3 days ago
The Deck is so transformative that if Microsoft were serious about XBOX at all, the next XBOX would be a handheld.
3 days ago
The Deck is so transformative that if Microsoft were serious about XBOX at all, the next XBOX would be a handheld.
> The Deck is so transformative that if Microsoft were serious about XBOX at all, the next XBOX would be a handheld.
Or they’d realize that the Deck is successful because it’s open and bring Steam to the Xbox.
I think they're too hung up on GAME PASS [1] to do so, on the other hand, GAME PASS might be more fun if you could use it on a portable.
[1] Personally I remember how bundling ruined the brands of Cable TV which makes GAME PASS seem like a disaster to me, but objectively, the Cable TV ecosystem resisted change for 30 years and only really broke when Tubi came along, so maybe they'd be happy to be the new cable.
I use GamePass on a portable all the time. There are many portables that support GamePass today. I mostly play GamePass games on a Lenovo Legion Go. Sometimes even cloud streaming.
Far more likely they'll fully support GamePass/Xbox on SteamOS
You already can play xbox remote (that is part of game pass) on steam deck. Microsoft even published tutorial how to do it on their site: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/xbox-cloud-gaming-...
There are also apps that let you do it.
And kill Steam Deck just like they did with Netbooks, why get Proton translation of the real XBox experience.
Gamers that reach out to handelds in Nintendo Switch numbers don't care about what OS their consoles use, and won't be buying Steack Decks "because Linux!".
They might not care which OS their consoles use but they probably care about whether their games cost $10 (Steam/PC on very frequent sales) or $80 (Switch 2), and whether they need to buy all of their games again with every generation.
Nowadays gamers buy 100 euros games to have first day play, and yes they proudly have shelves with games for every console generation.
As someone that was part of game development community (Flipcode, Gamedev portals, IGDA), demoscene, before FOSS became mainstream, my point of view is that both communities don't really overlap on point of views towards software and consumer experience.
The next Xbox is a handheld.
There are rumors about an Xbox handheld https://www.pcworld.com/article/2656008/leak-more-evidence-o...