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> The Deck is so transformative that if Microsoft were serious about XBOX at all, the next XBOX would be a handheld.

Or they’d realize that the Deck is successful because it’s open and bring Steam to the Xbox.

I think they're too hung up on GAME PASS [1] to do so, on the other hand, GAME PASS might be more fun if you could use it on a portable.

[1] Personally I remember how bundling ruined the brands of Cable TV which makes GAME PASS seem like a disaster to me, but objectively, the Cable TV ecosystem resisted change for 30 years and only really broke when Tubi came along, so maybe they'd be happy to be the new cable.

I use GamePass on a portable all the time. There are many portables that support GamePass today. I mostly play GamePass games on a Lenovo Legion Go. Sometimes even cloud streaming.

Far more likely they'll fully support GamePass/Xbox on SteamOS

You already can play xbox remote (that is part of game pass) on steam deck. Microsoft even published tutorial how to do it on their site: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/xbox-cloud-gaming-...

There are also apps that let you do it.

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