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[Verge] Microsoft’s Xbox mode is now available for all Windows 11 PCs

DntMesArnd said:
What would be a path forward they could take that would result in you buying their new product?
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I meant more like in the immediate short term, because I already have a PC that I upgraded earlier this year.

If they're out there selling PCs, I'll evaluate based on specs and pricing, like I would for any pre-built.
 
Tobimacoss said:
The DRM is great, only DRM on PC that lets two users play simultaneously, so go get your clone.
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It works, but it is spotty. My use case was kids in Minecraft. One on the PC upstairs, the other on the better one downstairs. The sub account sometimes loses access without me relogging in even though it is my profile on PC. And fucking minecraft doesn't have voice chat so I need to get them on discord. And if you forget one of the kids passwords, you're fucked. Playstation does this much better and I am glad I got a second one for in home co-op. I just wish they would let us share on 3 consoles with one copy.

Nintendo can fuck themselves requiring 2 full copies for online co-op. I'd consider paying for a co-op pass or something but no way in fuck do I want to pay full price for something that will be accessed from 2 full price systems at the same time only when playing the co-op portion plus they charge more for a family online sub. They charge for the other family member to play online but you can't play the same game online together - assholes. I would have bought 2 Switch 2's and been all in on their ecosystem, buying the worst version of co-op games if they weren't such fucking cunts.
 
i just tried to play black ops 7 on the xbox app on my pc.
this has to be the worst fucking storefront i have ever tried in my life,
holy fucking shit,,,

step 1.. you don't have gamepass you can't play the game i bought the fucking game
step 2.. login other account..
step 3 you have the game but won't boot error
step 4 log in log out.
step 5 ok now game is able to update 32gb file.
step 6 ok now i boot but suddenly i crash.
step 7 uninstall 150GB to fucking play zombies
step 8 trying to reinstall.
step 9 fuck this shit i aint never going to fucking buy anything on this retard shop ever again
step 10 back to steam i go
 
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Spukc said:
i just tried to play black ops 7 on the xbox app on my pc.
this has to be the worst fucking storefront i have ever tried in my life,
holy fucking shit,,,

step 1.. you don't have gamepass you can't play the game i bought the fucking game
step 2.. login other account..
step 3 you have the game but won't boot error
step 4 log in log out.
step 5 ok now game is able to update 32gb file.
step 6 ok now i boot but suddenly i crash.
step 7 uninstall 150GB to fucking play zombies
step 8 trying to reinstall.
step 9 fuck this shit i aint never going to fucking buy anything on this retard shop ever again
step 10 back to steam i go
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I would love to try it even if I come to the same conclusion simply out of boredom but who knows when my PC will actually get the fucking update necessary to turn it on.

Edit: Also realized you weren't necessarily meaning Xbox Mode but just the app itself. I'm retarded.
 
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hououinkyouma00 said:
I would love to try it even if I come to the same conclusion simply out of boredom but who knows when my PC will actually get the fucking update necessary to turn it on.

Edit: Also realized you weren't necessarily meaning Xbox Mode but just the app itself. I'm retarded.
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now imagine installing ever more of this on your OS :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
I've been playing cod on xbox app since bo6 and I've had no issues except sometimes the game will take a bit longer to load
 
twilo99 said:
I've been playing cod on xbox app since bo6 and I've had no issues except sometimes the game will take a bit longer to load
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I think Steam's big picture itself is weak after Xbox Mode...

Especially since Xbox Mode includes the Steam big picture. Lol
 
Doctor Hades said:
I tried this on my PC last weekend and it was as underwhelming as expected.

The app basically forces fullscreen mode for everything so if you open settings from within the Xbox app then it is fullscreen. And because the Settings window is fullscreen rather than a window, there is no way to close it, meaning you have to use Alt-Tab to bring up the apps browser then click the X in the preview window to close it and return to the Xbox app. Not a very user-friendly experience in my opinion. How would that work with a controller? I was frustrated with this using the mouse and keyboard!

Also, the Xbox app itself displays at 1920x1080 on my 2560x1440 display (surrounded by a black border on all sides, basically) with no option to make it use the fullscreen estate. It is very poorly laid out compared with, say, Steam's Big Picture mode which has nicer icons etc.

The biggest issue I have though is that it actually does not close background tasks at all to maximise resources for the Xbox app itself; it just forces a fullscreen app on top of Windows. When you close the app, you instantly return to the desktop with all previous background apps already running. As such, the entire experience is really no different from enabling Game mode from the Settings app and just maximising the previous Xbox app!!!

Very poor showing from Microsoft. It's like they just ported the app from the handheld with little thought for how it would look and run on an actual PC.
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Interesting, seems to be the same issues with Steam Big Picture mode, where apps might lose focus or minimize. They could benefit by adopting a dedicated task switcher within the interface, or provide a controller shortcut like Steam does (Guide+select combo acts as alt-tab)
 
Wolzard said:
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Your PC is an Xbox but not really. It is shaping up to be a decent solution but he spent 2 minutes going over manually adding games from an external drive. I don't remember ever doing that on my Xbox.

I have always purchased all consoles and now it looks like I am starting to be the same way with PC. I have Windows PCs, Steam (Legion Go) and MacBook. Part of me can't understand why people that play on PCs are excited to be able to access Steam from another GUI. Even in the video, ETA Prime talks about launching into Steam at start up. It is already an option. :messenger_grinning_smiling:
 
Is this easy to set up? I'm thinking. About moving my PC to my TV and wanted to check something like this out. It's a shitty 2070 GPU though on a 4k OLED but it is what it is.
 
Is there a way to use both Xbox mode and Steam Big Picture mode simultaneously without the Guide button conflicting? Currently, pressing the button opens both the Steam menu and the Xbox Game Bar, making it a mess. I know I can disable the guide button in Steam, but then I have no way to access the Big Picture menu
 
So i did the vivetool thing to get xbox mode to show up but i dont have the option to boot into xbox mode at launch. Any help?
 
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