Signs for the efforts of Microsoft to bring his Windows and Xbox platforms closer together appear online. A typical example: The straight-dried YouTube trailer for MIO: Memories in Orbit shows the availability of the game on both Steam and on “Xbox PC”. Microsoft's press release for Gears of War: Reloaded also mentioned that this summer it was the Xbox series X | S, Xbox PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming, PlayStation 5 and Steam comes. This shows how the company is for players to use the Xbox app on its gaming PCs instead of just installing one title directly, with Redmond aims at Steam.
Apart from these mentions, the Xbox -app also received a massive change -Xbox users can now see their Xbox console games in the Xbox -app library on their PCs. The verge believes that this was intended by Microsoft to “closely combine your Xbox and Windows memory”.
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During the Nintendo Switch Pionier of the modern handheld consoles (the Switch 2 fell in the shop a few days ago), Steam Deck revolutionized her in 2022, when they enabled players to play their favorite PC games on such a portable device while performing Steamos. Other PC manufacturers soon followed the example, whereby Asus, Lenovo, MSI and even Zotac started their own competitors. All Windows 11 – until Lenovo launched the Legion Go S with Steamos.
This console has thrown Windows in favor of Valve's Linux-based operating system. It is therefore normal for you to believe that this would primarily be a steam deck competitor. Since the Legion Go S is also available with the Microsoft operating system, the reviewers were able to compare the performance of both devices with the same specifications. In some first reviews, it was claimed that the valve drive device could outperform Windows-powered version by up to 75%. Although not surprisingly, the results are still alerted Microsoft. Reports stated that the company applied its work on an Xbox handheld of the first, in order to concentrate on the revision of the portable Windows 11 performance.
To be fair, Microsoft has had something in the works for months (or maybe even years). The news has leaked that Asus worked on Project Kennan, a handheld gaming console that bears the Xbox brand and was more closely integrated into the Xbox Game Pass. The OEM even dropped a teaser a few days before Nintendo before Nintendo launched the Switch 2 on the market, although the details about the actual console are still sparse. Nevertheless, we expect it to arrive at the end of 2025. This is the likely reason why we see Xbox PC logos at game starts.
The Microsoft Xbox series X | S is painfully lagged behind in the sale of Sony PlayStation 5. The PS5 was estimated to sell over 75 million units – more than twice the Xbox series X | S a total of over 33 million units. Windows is still king in PC games, but his leadership is threatened by Steamos. Most desktop and laptop gamers still stay on Windows, although they can install steamos on their PC (however, it is not yet a mainstream gaming desktop). Handheld players now have an option between Windows and Steamos on the same device, and this probably kept Microsoft and Xbox executives awake at night.
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