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From Jez Corden. Further supporting the idea that the next Xbox is just a PC with a custom shell, which is about the only way a new Xbox makes sense anyway.

EDIT: Also from Jez Corden, Xbox handheld coming later this year.

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[–] Bruhman482@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A windows PC with a custom shell is surprisingly good for gaming. I modified my gaming machine to skip sign in, windows explorer, and a multitude of other services so it boots straight into steam big picture. My Epic, EA, and gamepass games are automatically added to Steam with proper artwork. Feels like SteamOS but with some nice things from windows like working anricheat and lossless scaling support.

[–] Gointhefridge@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

How do you skip sign in? That’s the single worst feature in windows.

[–] guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck we're 5 years into this console gen? They didn't even start releasing the real games yet. I can't think of a single Xbox exclusive titles and ps5 has what, astro bot and the friggin 17th FF7 remake?

[–] moakley@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

PS5 had Spider-Man 2.

For Xbox Series X there's Starfield.

For the generation as a whole, it was worth upgrading for Baldur's Gate 3.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Xbox lost the console wars and is retreating to PC. This makes sense

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Retreating to PC makes sense, because PC won the console war.

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

PC will never “win” a console war because it lacks the plug and play convenience of consoles.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tell that to PC's growth and consoles' decline. Plus the new Xboxes mentioned in this very article are seeking to be exactly that, much like what the Steam Deck does today. It will play PC games but will be called an Xbox.

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay I will.

PC isn’t a part of the console war and therefore can’t “win.”

Happy? I told it.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If consoles cease to exist as we know them because they just became PCs, then what does that mean for a console war?

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why is there even a console war in the first place? Who really cares these days? Just get what you want.

Me? I’m lazy and don’t want to put the effort into building a PC or worrying about optimization, viruses, etc. So I just get a gaming box to plug in and play.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

Sounds like I'm never going to have a reason to buy a current generation console.

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Not sure why people are acting surprised about this. The generations usually have been between 5-7 years. It will already have been five years this upcoming November. So 2027 sounds about right.