yeehawtoGames@lemmy.worldEnglish·3 months agoXbox Console Sales Continue To Crater With Massive 42% Revenue Drop - Slashdot(games.slashdot.org)external-linkarrow-up1210arrow-down17message-square98fedilink
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkXbox Console Sales Continue To Crater With Massive 42% Revenue Drop - Slashdot(games.slashdot.org)yeehawtoGames@lemmy.worldEnglish·3 months agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squaremememuseumEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkThey already are just PCs and have been since the PS4/XBone. It’s all just slightly customized PC hardware inside.
minus-squareBuddahrifficEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkEven as far back as the first xbox, I remember some people installing Linux on it. It’s also why Halo later came out for the PC, because porting it wasn’t that difficult. Iirc, the first xbox didn’t run any Windows kernel but it did use direct x.
minus-squareampersandrewEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkThey don’t run the same executables that Steam does though, and I think that’s what’s about to change.
They already are just PCs and have been since the PS4/XBone. It’s all just slightly customized PC hardware inside.
Even as far back as the first xbox, I remember some people installing Linux on it. It’s also why Halo later came out for the PC, because porting it wasn’t that difficult. Iirc, the first xbox didn’t run any Windows kernel but it did use direct x.
They don’t run the same executables that Steam does though, and I think that’s what’s about to change.