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Steam Ate Microsoft's Lunch On PC, It's About To Do The Same On Handhelds
Valve’s handheld device, the Steam Deck, wasn’t the first portable gaming PC ever created, but it is by the far the most successful. And like Steam becoming the de facto way people play PC games in 2025,
Microsoft Will Combine Xbox and Windows Experience for Handheld PCs This Year
Jason Ronald, Microsoft's VP of Next Generation, wants to bring "the best of Xbox and Windows together" on existing gaming handheld PCs.
Microsoft wants to ditch Windows for future Xbox gaming handhelds
Speaking during the ‘The Future of Gaming Handhelds’ roundtable at the show, and then in more detail to The Verge, Ronald revealed Microsoft wants to combine the Xbox console operating system with Windows, saying: "Our goal is to put the player and their library at the centre of the experience.”
Microsoft says handheld gaming PC should bring "the best of Xbox and Windows together"
The future of Microsoft's handheld gaming plans includes a marriage between the best of Xbox and Windows. That's according to Microsoft's Xbox hardware veteran Jason Ronald, who also teased that the company would have "a lot more to share later this year" on what exactly its Windows-powered handheld vision might look like.
Microsoft is finally fighting back against the rise of SteamOS by overhauling Windows 11 to be better on handhelds
Windows 11 is often cited as the worst thing about handheld gaming PCs - but it looks like Microsoft could soon fix this.
Microsoft states that combining Xbox and Windows is the key to handhelds after SteamOS declares war
Microsoft plans to merge Windows and Xbox for handheld gaming in 2025 Valve's SteamOS aims to be integrated into all gaming handhelds Microsoft must succeed with its hybrid to compete with Valve's expansion efforts.
How Microsoft can turn Windows PCs into an Xbox
I’ve been writing for more than a year about how Microsoft needs to overhaul Windows on handhelds and use an Xbox OS UI on ...
Microsoft Is Racing To Bring The Xbox Experience To PC Gaming Handhelds
Jason Ronald, who has the excellent job title of VP of Next Generation, spoke to The Verge after a roundtable entitled “The Future of Gaming Handhelds,” where he suggested that Microsoft could also ...
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
The official launch of the "Powered by SteamOS" program has been a long time coming; Valve's Lawrence Yang said as far back ...
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SteamOS Expansion: A Threat to Windows Gaming?
The dominance of Microsoft in the PC gaming industry has been facing several threats and challenges as SteamOS, a Linux-based ...
2025 is PC gaming’s victory lap
Despite the hopes of many industry analysts, the Steam Machine project, which promised all the benefits of PC gaming with no ...
Valve will power a Lenovo portable gaming PC as SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
Valve is making a notable shift with its portable gaming strategy as Lenovo debuted a new edition of its Legion Go ...
Microsoft would really like you to stop using Windows 10 this year
It’s 2025, and Microsoft is kicking off the year by reminding everyone that support for Windows 10 ends in October. While the ...
New to Gaming? Here's Why You Should Start with Xbox Cloud Gaming
Xbox Cloud Gaming offers a cost-efficient alternative to outright console purchases for new players. Microsoft has committed ...