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With SteamOS coming, Microsoft needs to up its game in the handheld gaming market (www.xda-developers.com)

submitted 3 months ago by yokonzo to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm surprised Microsoft didn't make an Xbox-like version of Windows to flash on for these handhelds yet.

[–] w2tpmf 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The Xbox literally runs a custom build of Windows, that runs in a Virtual Machine, on top of another custom Windows based hypervisor. Then games are run in a separate VM.

All they'd have to do is port the hypervisor to different hardware, then the rest would run on top just fine.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Really, games run that far away from metal? Amazing, I didn’t have a clue.

[–] pivot_root 15 points 3 months ago

Welcome to modern DRM.

[–] pycorax 3 points 3 months ago

Iirc it's fairly lightweight without much overhead. It's not as heavy as running VM your PC.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like driving a car by attaching the steering system and wheels to the steering wheel and pedals of another car.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Sounds like an episode of Top Gear

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do you have a source for this? Every time I've gone looking for details about the Xbox I've not found anything comprehensive.

[–] w2tpmf 1 points 3 months ago

Quick search ..https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/xbox-one-8450/why-does-the-xbox-one-have-a-hypervisor-and-what-i-1437760/

Just search for Xbox hypervisor

[–] woelkchen 0 points 3 months ago

Do you have a source for this? Every time I’ve gone looking for details about the Xbox I’ve not found anything comprehensive.

It's spelled out in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software#Xbox_System_Software_(2013%E2%80%93present) and you can even ask Microsoft Copilot for details and it happily tells you.