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Six ways Microsoft’s portable Xbox could be a Steam Deck killer (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Alphane_Moon to c/games
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)
  • A bespoke user interface
  • A gaming-focused OS
  • [Play] More than just Xbox
  • Bring old Xbox games to PC
  • Multiple hardware tiers
  • “Made for Xbox”

Steam Deck already does 1, 2 and 3.
Now pair it with constant nags (Enhance your experience by signing into a Microsoft account, Subscribe to Gamepass! Have you tried Copilot???), and Microsoft's inability to ever add anything new to their controllers (bye bye Gyro and Touchpads) and you've lost me.