In 2026 we should be getting Windows on a Xbox console with the Xbox skinned version of windows. This would be a direct competitor to that since most PC gamers have the majority of their game library on steam.

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ksynwa 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> the Xbox skinned version of windows

Isn't that what the ROG Xbox Ally devices have? At least that's what it looked like to me. Something like a SteamOS's gaming mode counterpart for Windows.

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SchemaLoad 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

From what I could tell, the ROG Xbox device was just Windows desktop mode with a full screen "Xbox" application open, which you can minimise and see the normal desktop behind it.

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babblingfish 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, the xbox skinned version of windows is in the ROG Xbox Ally

	▲	robotnikman 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And iirc it performed worse than SteamOS due to all the Windows bloat.

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frakkingcylons 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

One (maybe the only) advantage that the hypothetical new Windows-based Xbox console is that it'll be able to play all online games that require anti-cheat like COD, Battlefield, and Fortnite. All games that are mega-popular but are unfortunately unwilling to support anti-cheat on Linux.

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creaturemachine 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If MS even bothers to make another xbox this is what it will be.