Xboxbros, we can't stop WINNING

Xboxbros, we can't stop WINNING

every xbox is windows based
god do i hate tech illiterate retards

yeah fucking right

Too good to be true. Things only get worse, not better.

I was told repeatedly that steam is impossible because that would mean two storefronts ---> competing pricing with microsoft's own store --> cheap activation keys/stolen cards issue
sounds like a mess to be honest
however if they do that shit how would they go around getting sony games on xbox? that would be actually crazy and I can't look forward enough to see how that plays out

what Xbox allows to be sold on their storefront is 100x more restrictive than what Steam allows. this would never happen

It's funny, isn't it?
That being said Unlike the Piss3 which supported Linux and Sony wouldn't be cunts and brick it there is literally zero safety in buying an xbox to do shit you want with it.
So I doubt anyone actually serious about this would even consider doing this.

Game support getting progressively worse on Win11 as the Indians at microsoft tear the OS a new asshole for new "AI" and spyware shit

competing pricing with microsoft's own store

I Imagine MicroSteam will mean microsoft gets a cut of whatever is sold which would quickly outpace whatever theyre making on their own storefront now. Biggest issue would probably become AAA and AAAA games trying to run their unoptimised bloated PC versions on a console

so its a pc

How does Microsoft benefit if they put you into Steam's ecosystem?
Console hardware infamously makes a loss. Unless they charge $2000 for this.

At which point they're just selling a prebuilt PC that probably can't be upgraded.

Sony wouldn't be cunts and brick it there is literally zero safety in buying an xbox to do shit you want with it.

but they have been for the past 10 years so who cares, ps3 was notoriously hard to jailbreak if my memory isn't failing me
they can either sell 50 million consoles and 300 million PCs off which they barely make any money or they can sell 200 million PCs they make much more money from
i was thinking about it the other day, i wouldnt buy it but a gaming PC that just works for normgroids and works as a PC would be a great fucking product, they're probably afraid of steam consoles too

people crying about identity death as if integrating yourself into PC gaming itself isn't the end goal for both. Xbox has NEVER made a profit on hardware, "Microsoft Gaming" is actually at an all-time right now in terms of profit. If PlayStation continues to rely solely on third-party (especially from Xbox studios) they've "lost" more than anyone, Sony can not provide actual content to their hardware themselves anymore, and exclusive deals only hurt AAA games like Rebirth due to the budgets of today

Good. This is what consoles should've done years ago. Sony will likely follow a gen later and Nintendo will be two gens behind again. If consoles even last that long at this rate.

sales whining is absolutely fucking hilarious since sony makes so much fucking money on PS5
you don't understand that they take a good portion of digital sales like 10-30%

They work off of forks, this is full support with steam. Learn to read, you autistic ESL

That just sounds like a PC with a Xbox name. Honestly not bad if it's just a game machine. It would be more accessible than building your own PC now and you only need windows for games anyway, you can have an older PC with linux for work and other things and never have to touch windows 11. Xbox really gave up as a first party though.

They work off of forks

no they don't, every xbox since the inception has been soft forked from NT monorepo

this is full support with steam

every xbox has full support for steam, it's just artificially locked down

Steam Machine bros? We're back.

do they care? they lost the console race and were going to bank on gamepass. they still want to try to be in the console race, but they don't have options anymore.

but they have been for the past 10 years so who cares

The distinction was that you COULD buy a PS3 to use it as a linux computer and Sony would stay out of the way

Ps3 was notoriously hard to

Literally came with a utility to partition the drive and made it easy as hell to install whatever you want on it.
Take your gay sperg out to someone who cares about console wars.

why did they fail

Because they were just shitty prebuilts rather than a "console".
Valve should have had set specs for 2 kinds of boxes (low end and high end) and let the S.I's roll with it.

god do i hate tech illiterate retards

funny, considering you are one. This article is clearly saying it's fully integrated. if you knew anything, you'd know Xbox does not contain every non-desktop function of Windows; it doesn't support Vulkan, for example. If this can run Steam and its games natively, it would make for a better "casual pc" than an overpriced handheld 100%.

I mean it's debatable IF they failed because they led to the creation of DXVK which has Linux gaming where it is now where the only games that don't work are horrendous garbage with rootkit anti cheats (and even then it only doesn't work because they intentionally turn on the "Fuck up if running on Linux Mode" in said rootkit anticheat)
But as for why they weren't commercially successful, they really weren't advertised at all and I think as for Retail like the only place you could buy them was Microcenter, and most people buy computers at Retail.

next gen Xbox

Isn't that what people have been asking Microsoft to do for a decade?

Thanks for beta testing snoy lmao

Too early.

They get Playstation games on Xbox hardware. If it doesn't attract new users, it'll at least stop existing users from leaving. It all comes down to Gamepass - they don't really need to worry about Steam cannibalizing their sales when they're selling games for $80. They didn't raise game prices to $80 because they thought they could get away with it, in fact they did it precisely because it's too expensive for consumers, the choice between playing something on Gamepass and buying it on Steam isn't much of a choice at all.

The distinction was that you COULD buy a PS3 to use it as a linux computer and Sony would stay out of the way

yeah and you could buy an android phone and use it as a windows PC
it was running under a hypervisor, it's not a "PC", it was not running natively, it could not be used as a computer, you couldn't play games on it because GPU was locked out and there are no games compiled for POWER

it doesn't support Vulkan

but windows 11 doesn't support vulkan either it's a 3rd party driver
i assure you it is trivial to implement vulkan to work on xbox so long as appropriate drivers are available for its hardware

If this can run Steam and its games natively

you're operating under an assumption xbox can't run steam games

Steam cannibalizing their sales when they're selling games for $80. They didn't raise game prices to $80 because they thought they could get away with it, in fact they did it precisely because it's too expensive for consumers, the choice between playing something on Gamepass and buying it on Steam isn't much of a choice at all.

But that only works for their own games.

Yes, but of course Xboxfags aren't interested in anything besides CoDslop anyways.

Backwards compatibility for EVERY Xbox game

This is the only part that I'd believe but also not believe, since Xbox has made it a huge thing to be one of the only consoles that attempts to have proper backwards compatibility, and Phil voiced genuine support/hope for wanting to expand their Xbox emulation, but I'm pretty sure he also said something to the effect that they couldn't due to some license shenanigans regarding the CPU or some other bullshit like that

Xbox is for normalfags and normalfags are tech illiterate. Microsoft is only doing this now because PC is so easy to use for gaming at this point thanks to valve that this is their last bid to stay relevant in the hardware space.

Doubt they'll ever get full compatibility.
If they can commit to all Xbone and up games, including the 400ish OG Xbox/360 games that work on Xbone that's probably good enough.

Windows-based

Literally too soon, especially with linux. They hadn't even made proton yet, just hoped devs would support it, and so barely anything ran.

steam machines were released in 2013 and proton was getting stable in like 2019

(Me)
also proton was not made by valve, its just a distro of wine and they hired some guy that started writing dxvk, they didn't make it themselves

There won’t be a new Xbox console. The Xbox brand will be turned into Microsoft’s flagship gaming PC line that other brands can also develop their own Xbox models in partnership with them

Literally a gamer pc

This is what I have been saying for ages that they should make instead of consoles. They should hire me

They'd probably stop selling at a loss. That plus gamepass/online money.

Don't really see what any one gets out of an "Xbox" PC. Handheld PCs I kind of understand but yeah

xbros we rise again

Most trustworthy rumor is the next console will be ARM based which is believable but surprising. Windows/Microsoft have been pushing ARM but it seems like it will be a few years before it has comparable performance/compatibility. Would love for it to be true though. Steam on Xbox is already a known quantity. Leaks from court documents and early press photos that Microsoft mistakenly published have already confirmed that along with Ebin Chink Store.

Yes and no, Xbox currently doesn't use the same development environment as Windows but that changes in 2027 since Microsoft is retiring both UWP and Xbox One/Series dev environments for Win32.

full Xbox emulation on PC

Bullshit, Microsoft would get in all kinds of legal trouble for that one. The next gen Xboxes will be BC through software emulation but it's going to be very similar to how the Switch 2 handles it. This will only be able to work with custom AMD hardware. The other stuff is true though.

Microsoft benefit if they put you into Steam's ecosystem

Keeps the industry gaming on WINDOWS which is their real money maker. They make it primarily from business/government contracts and OEM deals but it is very important to them with the threat of gaming on Linux thanks to Valve (still kind of a joke but a real threat to concern yourself with if you're Microsoft). They also make a lot of money, like everyone (including Canonical/Ubuntu), from harvesting your data. Tracking what/who/why/when/how much is going to make it easier for Microsoft to adjust pricing based on your usage and target you for sales of games directly on storefronts they get more profit from.

I see you're looking to buy CALL OF DUTY SLOPFARE 39 from Steam

I've found an offer from the Xbox Store that is 15% cheaper and allows you to play a cloud streaming version on your phone, would you like to launch the Microsoft Store and purchase it there?

Seems like a no-brainer to me. You have to go where your customers are and their customers are on PC. Why not sell PCs and use the ecosystem you control from top to bottom, including the new Screenreader/OCR tech in (((Copilot))) to subvert game purchases in a way that makes customers think they're getting a deal? The concept of an "Xbox Console" is long dead. They've failed permanently. This is how the brand survives and likely flourishes.

windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-biggest-unanswered-questions-about-xboxs-next-gen-consoles
It's not, they tested it and ARM didn't work so they're sticking with x86 since ARM would only end up being cloud-based and they don't want that.

Their real money maker is Azure

extas1s

this spic has never got a single thing correct in his life

Yeah, I think it's easy to get confused in this, Microsoft's primary driver, even post Indian takeover is world domination, not some paltry peasant concern like money, they're embedded in several world governments so that's not really a thing beyond being required to operate within the same system.

help kill the home console

keep gaming on Windows

get normies to fuck off

use it as an excuse to get Steamies on Xbox while optimizing their games on the Microsoft Store while not doing the same on Steam thus forcing Steam users to switch to the Microsoft Store

sell their console/handheld hybrid for an affordable price beating out all other PC handhelds

This is true, his correct information here came from actual credible insiders that he stole from. Another Spic by the name of Nash Weedle does this shit too.

This could be Xbox's comeback. A console that has access to the steam store and all games would be so convenient

The way backwards compatibility works on Xbox right now is that the disc reader identifies the game you put in then (for Xbox/360) downloads a specific package (basically the game in an emulator with all fixes necessary for it to run properly). Because they are technically redistributing the game, they need to get licenses to do so.
The SeX can just play whatever Xbone disc outright which is why all Xbone is compatible.
My guess is that a full Windows environment not locked into the design patterns of UWP might mean they can run the Xbox/360 OS containerized as a subsystem of sorts so that you pop the disc in and an entire virtualized environment runs it rather than being stuck with having to manually smash each one into a UWP container separately.

Mogged by SteamOS

It's not, it'll have the same Xbox and Xbox 360 games on their but when it comes to Xbox One and Xbox Series, it's going to be like the Switch 2 to Switch 1, all first party games will work just like that but third party games will be where complications will arise. It'll also only be for Microsoft-made Xboxes and not the OEMs or PCs due to legal issues.

Of course. Everything runs on Azure. Even Sony's game servers do. Microsoft is pushing businesses away from on-prem and into the cloud by raising prices on SQL Server and Windows Server astronomically and making you pay for yearly Software Assurance if you don't (in addition to the huge one time fee to get the license). I work in government in a large regional datacenter. We're talking about gaming though. Their gaming division makes nearly as much as their Windows licensing, about 75% as much, so to retain that gaming revenue (which is more than AI currently, but won't be for long) they're going to leverage other services. Copilot will track usage and offer options that push you through their ecosystem (Windows Store or Cloud gaming) and they're going to use Xbox branding to push customers through that flow. I meet with our EA manager weekly and see it everyday. This is the future. Office is actually not that far behind their Azure business, at about 70% of the revenue that Azure brings in.
You really latched onto a very tiny part of what I said which is strange. Clearly, like all of the big three, cloud infrastructure business is going to be the profit driver. But Microsoft is going to push ritualized Xbox/Windows/etc heavy in the coming years which will increase revenue in those products and that obviously will increase revenue in Azure.

Pajeetsoft left Valve alone for too long.

“Lost” hey snoy, last I checked xbox is releasing games… when was the last snoy game? Oh ya… astroshart which came out 9 months ago KEK

Yeah, Sony is likely in the worst shape out of the big 3.

"Microsoft Gaming" is actually at an all-time right now in terms of profit

After they spent 80 fucking billion on ActiBlizzKing.

True but Microsoft's own Xbox hardware will use an Xbox UI with no desktop.

Comeback? Bro have you seen microsoft/xbox releasing all these new games recently? If anything, sony needs to step there shit up

Sony is fucked, Nintendo knew sticking with what they were good at was the right path, for Microsoft, Windows was always its bread and butter in terms of gaming, it was never a question on whether will the Xbox eventually become a part of Windows, it was always when and that time is now. Sony has nothing but the home console and AAA slop which either comes from third parties or them. Sony was only able to out muscle the competition through normie power but those days are coming to an end. Nintendo and Microsoft are already prepared for the AAA apocalypse, is Sony?

This. Only works because it's closed off due the platform and lite versions pretty much.

New GP tiers and Price re-structuring

How many will seethe when new tiers are shit and the prices raises once again?

It's the scam of GP; it's not meant to make money but extend reach and indoctrinate audiences. When you see a guy ok with gp and uses it, paying or not, ms has a victory.

Once again; the modern consumer is retarded and deserves the hell they're getting and gave shape.

How many will seethe when new tiers are shit and the prices raises once again?

I think their goal is to get you to spend that $80 on down on the games from big to small.

There won’t be a new Xbox console.

They already are wasting money into a handheld, so yeah; there will be another xbox console even if it shouldn't.

less games than modern Playstation

Dominance.

Don't care, it still would block mods and emulators.

There's no comeback; xbox won't make any exclusive and Steam access is redundant, they're more fucked without steam if anything. Why would anyone bother with xbox when they have steam? They wouldn't because xbox as a storefront isn't appealing in the slightest

The goal is the usual from a service; turning the people using it into their slaves. Services never offer anything important, that's why they put extra effort into looking attractive to bait peple in until the sunk-cost settles in them

Don't care [headcanon cope]

fable 2 finally coming to PC at last holy shit oh boy oh boy

NAH FUCK THAT CRAP FUCKING 20 YEARS TOO LATE FOR THAT, USE XENIA RIGHT NOW THAN WAITING FOR THIS CRAP!!

So it's a PC, not a console.

Only Sony and Nintendo remain.

you will have to pay for xbox gamepass to play online steam games

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The Chosen One: XChad. He will save gaming.

On the next gen Xboxes (hybrid and home console), your Steam games will run like unoptimized shit while your Microsoft Store games will get Xbox-level optimization. Microsoft will find ways to fuck you and them over to push themselves up top.

say what you want about Xbox, they've absolutely cornered the subscription market with gamepass at this point, sony and nintendo have zero chance of catching up.

see and Literally, impossible outside their own devices that they make themselves.

Sony is on the same boat as xbox; they don't make consoles since gen 7, just shitty pc that fail at that attempt

I don't think any of them have good performance since apparently it's not le beefy hardware

Not that it matters, that worked for xbox because the proper way isn't good enough so the few people on gp choose gp over buying xbox related stuff. Their software selling potentia being predated into death and Series S' cheap version outselling the powerful one are the evidence of it

based if true

Microsoft is a PC
Nintendo is a tablet
Sony won't be making anymore gaming hardware after the PS6

windows 10 based

Microsoft is a PC

Microsoft it's a tech company

Nintendo is a tablet

Nintendo is a videogame company

Sony won't be making

They're in better shape than xbox despite being in a rough state (of play). They can coast the PS brand reputation from the good old days and still retain some perception of exclusives which attracts people into their platform.

They're in better shape than xbox

lmao, explain to me how Sony can sell $600+ handheld and a $800+ home console with the same architecture in 2028 and beyond, they also have no first party games and killed all of their ips. They can't stop the AAA collapse, third parties can't stop the AAA collapse, YOU can't stop the AAA collapse.

Keeps the industry gaming on WINDOWS which is their real money maker.

Its a small part of their revenue now, but it does seem clear this is a desperate move to try to maintain control over OEMs, by leveraging the Xbox brand and possibly their license agreements to try to keep SteamOS out.
Seriously doubt Microsoft will let the Xbox systems from OEMs actually run Steam, even if they make a demo. They'll spin it as Valve being the bad guys for not letting Microsoft handle transactions.

I’ll believe it when I see it. I actually think Microsoft has been doing exactly what they need to do over the last 6 months. The last showcase was great, steady flow of decent games on gamepass, a few even being timed exclusives. If they can keep that pace all the way through 25 and 26, and be sure to make some exclusive, they’ll unironically compete with playstation. Imagine if E33 was an exclusive

Theres no way xbox would do somethjng sensible like this, but if they did I'd be buying an xbox

They'll let it run but it will run like complete shit along with all of the third party stores, only Microsoft Store games will get Xbox-level optimization and if you want a better experience with those third party stores, you'll have to spend more on the OEM devices which will cost more.

Imagine if E33 was an exclusive

It'd be fucked.

Maybe if you buy through steam on an xbox, MS gets a cut?

I wonder why microdick don't try to bank on handhelds instead, with the rise of steam decks and switch 2 going to be mediocre upgrade, they could at least develop windows 11 that doesn't run like shit on portables.

I can see this happening especially with the new AMD APU's which are supposed to be extremely powerful.

Don't see how they would benefit seeing that valve is obviously making their own steam controller and home console.

Maybe they have some sort of deal worked out?

If this is true xbox literally wins. If it's a home PC console where you can access the file sony is finished.

Just build a PC, dumbassess.

They are, the Series S successor is a Nintendo Switch 2 Xbox edition but as powerful as a Series S, lol.

PC parts are overpriced right now, To even build a decent PC it's like $1500 to not get scammed with shitty AM4 parts and even then if you're spending that much might as well just go over the $2,000 mark. APU's are relatively affordable and maybe AMD wants to sell a shit ton.

If Xbox can deliver a home like gaming experience with gamepass and steam integrated with mass APU's from AMD, It will be game changing.

It would be, but xbox would start to have some appeal

It's going to be a dockable handheld like the Switch and a home console, the hybrid will cost $500 but the home console will either cost $900 or $1000. The hybrid will also be the flagship.

UWP dying is proof that God exists.

It'd be a very watered down version of Steam I imagine, or a few select Steam games are Xbox compatible, giving you crossplay without having to buy the game twice, similar to how buying a game on the Windows store lets you play it on both your PC and Xbox.

being forced to port your games to the rival console is seen as a "win" to xbox cucks

Kek. Also, Steam integration won't save your brand, so don't get your hopes up.

It's going to be Windows, everything should work just won't be optimized well.

hahaha, Steam won. Xbox and Snoycucks seethe at the facts. You have to rely on a literal steambox-tier dogshit machine to play our games. FUCKING FAGGOTS.

Yeah, I could see that. Microsoft have a few ways they could enforce that.
No third-party electron would force anyone who wanted to support it to maintain a separate backend, and that would give Microsoft more levers to degrade the user experience (embedded Trident fell out of favor because Microsoft pulled shit like this).
No win32 or other standard APIs would mean that third-party stores would have to support separate libraries with whatever more limited set of APIs Microsoft offers on the new Xbox. Steam is set up to support multiple platforms, and of course this is what Proton was really made for, but most of the other stores aren't equipped to handle it, and if Microsoft didn't offer Vulkan then Valve would have to create a separate solution for handling graphics.
Microsoft could just use ARM hardware for the new Xboxes too, which would accomplish the same thing by forcing third-party stores to use AMD64 emulation, or rebuild all their software.

Microsoft is probably striking a deal with Steam and getting a share of the store cuts. I don't see why Valve wouldn't do it, it's literally opening their store to millions of consumers overnight.
And I doubt Microsoft will keep their store around, their focus is Gamepass. Not to mention that UWP is dead and they have been porting their games to Win32 and publishing them on Steam for a while now. It all makes sense.

PCùcks and Xcucks both have nogames

How the mighty have fallen.

Supposedly this new platform is to Windows, what iOS is to MacOS. Microsoft's attempt to get back into the mainstream.

Literally every version of every gen of the Xbox OS is forked off of windows you dumbass

The absurd PC library on day 1 vs whatever PS6 will have? They'll be getting a cut too. Not to mention that gamepass is still their main goal.

i dont think the xbox brand would even be a thing right now if it wasnt for them buying activision

BC for every Xbox game

Bros????!!

They're using Win32 but chances are anything like performance will be shot on the third party store games.

Xbox HUEG used a Windows fork with a kernel that was essentially written from the ground up. You are retarded, and his point is that they never used mainline Windows, which is true.

Lmao only Anon Babble could it be argued that having your rival make games for your platform is a loss.

It is a lot more complicated like that. There isn't just one "Windows Codebase". There's NT, the win32 compatibility layer for NT, Microsoft's other user space, DirectX and all its various components, all the different unique UI toolkits, etc and they all have multiple internal forks.
The fantasy of game developers getting both Xbox and PC versions from one effort is still just a fantasy. There are a lot of differences.

Their keeping their store around to unify the Xbox and PC versions of it into one. For BC and because of the switch to Win32, they'll get the same games but the real question is it going to work like how the Steam Deck does it where Deck Verified games on the Steam Store are optimized, anything outside of Steam isn't?

Xbox Series is essentially a PC with a Xbox name, but the OS is artificially restricted. You can even install some Windows programs through the dev mode.

There's plenty of games on steam, more so than on snoycuck. What was the last game released on snoy? Stellar Blade? Already on steam. HOW STELLAR!

So, an Xbox UI that can hold all of your third party storefront apps and will have a list of your Xbox and third party store library of games?

Those kind of performance games on Microsoft's part are exactly why Valve actually started investing in Proton.
The lower level the functionality Valve can build their stack on top of, the less ability Microsoft has to fuck with them without fucking up everything else unless they maintain an entirely separate set of internal low level APIs.
But Microsoft's vision of the future of their platform has never had room for Steam, so I'm skeptical of the idea this thing will run Steam without serious effort on the part of the user.

You will never EVER get to play Homeworld 3, snoy.

I bet it'll be the Steam Deck verified thing but even more restrictive. Microsoft will probably test a few popular titles to get the ball rolling and tell publishers to do their job if they want their shit to show up under their store. There will probably be a dev mode override somewhere if you want to install anything, but the normalfag mode will probably be restricted to confirmed titles only.

My guess is that a full Windows environment not locked into the design patterns of UWP might mean they can run the Xbox/360 OS containerized as a subsystem of sorts so that you pop the disc in and an entire virtualized environment runs it rather than being stuck with having to manually smash each one into a UWP container separately.

Hoping to God this happens. If I can insert a copy of Outrun 2 and the Xbox doesn't care about expired car licenses and contracts and just run any Xbox game in a generic environment that technically doesn't infringe on any game rights holder, AND have your Steam library including PS5 ports? It would literally be the dream console. Literally kills anything Sony could do forever.

Rather a much more restricted and locked down platform with an even more fischer price UI.

I literally use emulators on my Series S everyday.

This dialogue feels like it's written by ChatGPT

Wield hyperspace like a knife... subtle and precise

Seriously what the fuck

Xbox games on PC don't require Xbox Live Gold to play multiplayer

Steam/Epic games on Xbox don't require Xbox Live Gold to play multiplayer

Xbox games on Xbox still require Xbox Live Gold to play multiplayer

Surely they have to drop this bullshit at some point right?
Right?

That's honestly the only way to save Xbox as a console. They simply can't compete in the current state.
I'm a PCfag but I would consider getting one if they allow any title and KB/M, since the current state of PC hardware prices is absolute shit.

It all depends on the negotiations. Microsoft and Valve have to strike some kind of deal with one another for this to happen. If Valve doesn't agree then the next Xbox won't have Steam but if they do, it will.

Didn't they just rename Live Gold to Gamepass Core or something like that? They will 100%

It already has a name too, "Optimized for Xbox"

They will, they're dropping everything related to the old Xbox consoles.

uh anon

ESL Xbox cucks are in for a bad shock

If it is just Windows with a '10 foot' UI they don't, it would still be an open platform. If however this is the long rumored new Microsoft Walled Garden OS that requires negotiation to access, I'm very skeptical Valve would be on board.
But the current environment in the US being what it is, big companies like Microsoft are going to throw their weight around all they can. This is their moment to abuse their position and profit off it for at least another 4 years.

It's the latter so I'm also skeptical of Valve joining in. Microsoft wants security on their Xbox hardware.

Windows based console

Whoever comes up with names for Xbox's marketing department needs to be fucking shot

I imagine Valve just doesn't have an issue providing a good service to people, but on microsoft's part this seems like a strategic decision to intentionally fuck up "low" spec living room gaming devices running SteamOS before it gets off the ground by parasitically attaching themselves as a "necessity".
Kinda like how Game Pass streaming would throttle the shit out of you if your user agent was Linux until the Steam Deck came out.

Sony blocks their games on your nu-Xbox

Alright, so what now?

THat's not a new thing, is it?

Yeah, the rumor I'd always heard was that Microsoft licensing basically has a carve out for market segments Microsoft doesn't have an OS to serve, something they were forced to do when mobile got big, and it seems like Valve was trying to define handheld PCs and set top boxes that way in order to get OEMs on board.
So this could be Microsoft attempting to muscle their way into a niche in order to keep OEMs from ditching Windows licenses for it, even if the high requirements of Windows make the segment crash and burn.
They've done it before with Netbooks.

I doubt MS gives a shit, 80bil is a little under how much profit they made last year.

I doubt MS gives a shit

But they did. That's how Xbox "pillars" like Forza and Gears made their way to Playstation, moron.

Sony got into the vidya industry to spite Nintendo

SCE is imploding as we speak

Microsoft got into the console industry because....reasons

Implodes

winning

still no games

Holy based.