Maybe the online features of Xbox like multiplayer and such are going to be a factor in people wanting to stay. Network effect ...

Let’s agree to disagree then.

It’s not a like for like experience no matter how you slice it.

I know this is going out to an audience who regularly self hosts and runs Linux.

But not everyone has the same technical skill level and the experiences are not ideal for everyone.

And then feeds it into the actual orphan crushing machine

...and likely has better compatibility with more Windows games, which are most games.

Microsoft has the existing expertise and access to source to build a very effective and basically seamless compatibility layer, akin to how 32-bit apps run on x64 windows using WoW64 (Windows on Windows 64). I guess the real question is if it will be running real windows with an Xbox compatibility layer or a version of the Xbox modified windows with a regular windows compatibility layer.

Bold of you to assume the oligarchs will starve when they can always print money out of thin air while the rest of us pay for it in inflation.

All xbox series s and x consoles are made to die. Microsoft put the hardware key in a 1 gb partition on the SSD that is encrypted and in XFBS format nothing can read. All those consoles will be trash in less than 10 years. So until we get the full schematics and a microsoft ex employee to tell us how to get around the partition, they are all going to break and be unrepairable.

Reminds me of all the posts that say "but can it run crysis?"

Some games are just really difficult to emulate without original hardware.

Xbox 360 emulation is getting better, so it would be playable on pc.

The Xbone and Xbox SeX can play 360 games just fine, and they are essentially PCs running modified Windows.

I wouldn’t worry to much about that. Microsoft can build out additional emulation to support those games. Now how much of they can pull from what’s been done with Xbox One / Series that remains unclear.

They can always “borrow” from the foss community and just use their emulators.

I wouldn’t expect the same upgrades you saw with the old back compat catalogue. But hopefully it’s as functional as it was on its OG hardware.

But whatever they do I know the community will be able to improve upon for the whole PC space to utilize without needing to pay Shitsoft for it …

Don't be silly, they'll be happy to make a vibe coded remaster for it and charge $80 a piece.

In emulation and retro gaming forums I frequent the reactions seem mostly positive. Lots of questions surrounding backwards compatibility of course.

Oh God I know this will go over many people's heads but I was listening to a podcast where they where talking about the renewal of CUSMA (or USMCA for you Americans) and a senator said "I'm half included to think Donald Trump is ready to make a decision" to which Rob Russo, a journalist, rightly pointed out that was not clarity it is infact the absence of clarity. He then said, and this is why I laugh and the yes/no comment is so true.

"If I told my wife 'Im half inclined to take the garbage out today' she would not say that is a clear answer as to if I was going to do it"

Political and Business language needs to fuck off.

Microsoft was already releasing games on PC. All this does is removes any dedicated hardware. Officially forcing windows down Xbox gamers throats. One less option in the space not really one more.

Windows is not the future for gaming. Windows shouldn’t be anyone’s future