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Microsoft is combining “the best of Xbox and Windows together” for handhelds (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Seemingly confirming the theory that "Xbox" will just be Windows going forward, at least on handhelds.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

To add to this;

Playing modern Windows games on Linux and SteamOS is done using Wine and Proton. Wine is available on almost every Linux distro and Proton comes* with Steam.

*You can use Proton outside of Steam but it's quite hacky and not really needed.