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Microsoft is combining “the best of Xbox and Windows together” for handhelds (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by ampersandrew to c/games
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Seemingly confirming the theory that "Xbox" will just be Windows going forward, at least on handhelds.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

“Xbox” will just be Windows going forward, at least on handhelds.

We've come full circle, almost like a red ring of death.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just don't get why they didn't think of quickly porting the Xbox interface over to desktop Windows. Should have been an easy fix to make handheld gaming on Windows more appealing.

[–] ampersandrew 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a lot more than that. SteamOS isn't just Steam Big Picture Mode. There's some special sauce in there to capture the active window so that you never lose focus of the game window and such. If you just run a Windows machine set to boot into Steam Big Picture on startup, you'll find lots of times that you have to break out a keyboard to Alt+Tab for a variety of reasons that SteamOS never encounters. And given the other problems Windows has introduced over the past decade, that's the least of their problems now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Just chiming in to confirm you're correct. I use big picture mode on windows and I've got to keep an air mouse with me for moments like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

special sauce in there to capture the active window so that you never lose focus

All hail Gamescope!

[–] VindictiveJudge 11 points 2 weeks ago

RROD was actually 3/4ths of a circle. A full red circle was a different and less troubling error.