2025 was the year Xbox died
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2025 was the year Xbox died
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Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#2As a nitpick:
> That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles
WINE stands for "WINE is not an emulator."
Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#380 billion spent buying game studios with essentially nothing to show for it. Pretty amazing to think that money holds 0 value to these people.
Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#4As a nitpick: > That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles WINE stands for "WINE is not an emulator."
What? It's not talking about WINE, it's talking about SteamOS.
> The Steam Machine is basically a tiny gaming desktop for your TV, running the Steam Deck's SteamOS. That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles.
Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#5As a nitpick: > That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles WINE stands for "WINE is not an emulator."
What? It's not talking about WINE, it's talking about SteamOS. > The Steam Machine is basically a tiny gaming desktop for your TV, running the Steam Deck's SteamOS. That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles.
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Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#6As a nitpick: > That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles WINE stands for "WINE is not an emulator."
What? It's not talking about WINE, it's talking about SteamOS. > The Steam Machine is basically a tiny gaming desktop for your TV, running the Steam Deck's SteamOS. That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles.
SteamOS uses Proton for Windows compatibility, Proton is a fork of Wine, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
What? It's not talking about WINE, it's talking about SteamOS. > The Steam Machine is basically a tiny gaming desktop for your TV, running the Steam Deck's SteamOS. That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles.
SteamOS uses Proton for Windows compatibility, Proton is a fork of Wine, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Ah, that's my bad.
Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
What? It's not talking about WINE, it's talking about SteamOS. > The Steam Machine is basically a tiny gaming desktop for your TV, running the Steam Deck's SteamOS. That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles.
SteamOS uses Proton for Windows compatibility, Proton is a fork of Wine, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
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Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#9As a nitpick: > That platform is a Linux distribution optimized for emulating Windows titles WINE stands for "WINE is not an emulator."
It can stand for whatever it likes, emulation has a colloquial meaning.
Re: 2025 was the year Xbox died
#10The controller design/feel and the more seamless/intuitive online play & party handling kept me on the Xbox side of the fence for a looooooong time.
That said, if I didn’t have to re-buy a bunch of content I already own and if I could avoid playing against MnK players while I’m on controller, I’d have already switched over entirely to using my workstation to play all my games. New purchases for myself and my kids are 100% on Steam.