… Roanne Sones, CVP for Xbox devices and ecosystems, will take a leave of absence and later return as an advisor. These changes follow Microsoft Gaming's announcement that it would revert to Xbox branding as part of a new mission statement . …
… Jak's love for science, space, and technology, and, more specifically, PC gaming, began at 10 years old. …
… Related Linux gaming still breaks in ways that make normal people give up Casual PC gamers simply can't be bothered Frictionless multi-launcher support The ecosystem advantage shows Valve deserves full credit for carrying Linux gaming as far as it has come. …
… Instead of Xbox competing purely with PlayStation, it is now competing with the wider PC ecosystem. Both Helix and the renewed push around Steam Machines are trying to solve the same problem: making PC gaming feel like a console experience. …
… Competitive gaming still has the same flaw on Linux Kernel-level Achilles' heel This one particularly stings, because gaming on Linux has genuinely come so far, and Proton saw to it quite well . …
For Xbox, the changes have been coming in thick and fast. Under new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Microsoft's gaming division has already made a flurry of pro-consumer changes to the platform. …
… While showing this slide off during his keynote presentation, Microsoft's VP of Xbox gaming devices & ecosystem Jason Ronald noted the interfaces have small differences "because we think about things like screen size, or things like input modalities." Still, it's the goal of Ronald and the Xbox tea… …
… Most of Microsoft's work on Windows 11 lately has been focused on improving performance and expanding gaming functionality , which are positive developments, but getting the wider Windows ecosystem on-board to improve drive quality should pay major dividends moving forward as well. …
… I'm also curious about how Xbox as an ecosystem interacts with Windows 11. …
