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Xbox doubles down on PC gaming while keeping Steam in the mix

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Source: Windows Central
Xbox doubles down on PC gaming while keeping Steam in the mix
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Microsoft isn’t quitting Steam, but it is dramatically expanding its PC gaming push: boosting the Xbox PC app and Windows 11 gaming optimizations, pushing Xbox Helix to treat PCs as a core platform, opening Battle.net to third‑party content while maintaining cross‑store efforts with Ubisoft and EA, and rolling out Positron and stronger backward compatibility to bridge console and PC libraries. The goal is a larger PC‑gaming footprint that still leverages Steam as a key channel.

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