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Why do I get the weird feeling that they wouldn't use Xbox, but rather Zune, if they did.
Let's not bring this to their attention so we have more freedom from Microsoft.
They don’t “need” to. There are games that companies refuse to let people run on Linux, so there will be a market for Windows, no matter how shit the experience is.
For now. If enough of the market shifts to Linux those companies will support Linux. Particularly since the CrowdStrike fiasco has spurred Microsoft to crack down on kernel level access which means the days of anti-cheat rootkits are numbered. It's not going to be long before there's no functional difference between gaming on Windows and gaming on Linux.
I don't think they care. With this console generation they have shifted away from treating gaming like a product with certain hardware and software. It's more of a service thing to them with game pass and cloud gaming
Ok forgive me for sounding stupid but imagine a tv with steam os built in.
In way it's already a thing. You can install Steam Link on TVs running Android TV
I'd rather my TV be a TV, so that I can use it to display whatever I want, instead of being locked to a certain system and hardware configuration.
Same, all I want is a big display with good CEC support for volume, power on/off and input control.
How about they don't? Open-source Linux, with contributions from gaming companies like valve, will always better for the consumer than a proprietary OS like Windows, that is designed by committee to show the most ads.
Linux is the new gaming os, Microsoft had too many Windows 8 moments.
I'm surprised Microsoft didn't make an Xbox-like version of Windows to flash on for these handhelds yet.
The Xbox literally runs a custom build of Windows, that runs in a Virtual Machine, on top of another custom Windows based hypervisor. Then games are run in a separate VM.
All they'd have to do is port the hypervisor to different hardware, then the rest would run on top just fine.
Do you have a source for this? Every time I've gone looking for details about the Xbox I've not found anything comprehensive.
That sounds like driving a car by attaching the steering system and wheels to the steering wheel and pedals of another car.
Really, games run that far away from metal? Amazing, I didn’t have a clue.
Welcome to modern DRM.
