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It's not surprising that Microsoft is thinking to do a handheld gaming mode.

They saw what Valve did with the Steam Deck, and with the numerous clones that tried to replicate what the Deck but on Windows, they try to replicate that to launch a new Windows gaming market.

And that is a fearfull thought, because they really don't to be late on that market, like they did on the mobile market.

@gamingonlinux an interesting way to combat the inevitable end of windows gaming.

@gamingonlinux I dunno...Maybe they should focus on making Windows not suck in the first place? It has gone seriously downhill with every release starting with XP. Windows 2000 was the peak of Windows editions.

@gamingonlinux funny :blob_popcorn:

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I suppose performance will be worse due to not having dxvk (out of the box) and the sidebar settings like tdp, wel...

@gamingonlinux
Digging up Windows 8?

Article updated: turns out it's not in active development and was from last year.

@gamingonlinux its not a good idea. The performance drop on windows 11 vs linux is very high. I was getting solid 60FPS on overwatch on linux, used windows 11 for about 20 hours, got 24FPS when playing on windows 11. 100% not worth it to exist and they know it. It would just show how bloated their OS is.

@gamingonlinux sooo a dumb question… I know it is documented to dual boot (safely from a high capacity micro card)… based on these comments, is it worth it? Other than battery drain, I still want to do it.

Do I play a ton of Game Pass on PC in general? No. Do I like options? Yes. Do I like Game Pass over Cloud? No. Finally, do I like portable options? Heck yes.

#SteamDeck #xboxgamepass