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Microsoft Rumored to Be Testing Steam Integration Within Microsoft Store (Potentially for Next-Gen Xbox, Too) (wccftech.com)
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[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

why would an xbox that runs an x86_64 architecture need a translation layer to run Windows binaries?

This is based on my partial understanding of the xbox architecture. I suspect that there is a difference between full fat Windows and the xbox OS. So certain function calls (required by Steam) are not supported by xbox OS. So it won't be a traditional layer like WINE or Proton. Just enough for certain gamestore applications to run (Epic?).

going to be a fixed hardware Windows PC with a custom interface replacement and probably all the unnecessary services ripped out of it.

I hope for this too. But how will traditional Xbox games run if it's just Windows? Will it have a built-in emulator running on top of Windows? Also, it will invite people to hack the device since it's a standard Windows OS. I doubt MS wants their next xbox to be so open, given their history regarding MS Store.