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Microsoft’s future of Windows is clever modes for clever hardware
Understanding Windows Core OS
"Microsoft’s Windows vision includes the idea of a gaming mode for playing games with an Xbox controller,"
Windows CShell – With the same kernel, a flexible core, and unified app platform, the last piece is the shell – or UI – that itself adapts to the screen. Taking the idea of Continuum to the OS level, CShell lets devices adjust their UIs for different tasks and experiences. A device running full Windows 10 for the desktop would be able to take on a Windows 10 Mobile UI to run in phone-mode, for example. Or, a Windows 10 PC could take on the Xbox UI when in gaming mode.
This means that we will see an Xbox UI come to Windows 10. This means that we will be able launch Xbox games through this UI. This also does mean that we will see third party Xbox PC consoles, note though that the OEM decides if it wants to use native Win32 support or not, an OEM can create an Xbox PC Console with S Mode enabled which has Native Win32 compatibility and can be switched to normal Windows 10 or it can be based on Polaris which has no native Win32 and is based on just UWP (Which Xbox will fully use in the future)
Now how does this impact Xbox Consoles?
Interestingly this does lead to another phase for Xbox as a piece of hardware. Since this will apply to all MS's OSes. We will likely see a Mouse and Keyboard UI come to Xbox devices. This means in the future we could see future Xbox hardware come with a controller AND a Mouse and keyboard.
This combined with UWP, Composable Shell and Windows Core OS. It does seem like Xbox consoles will become essentially a Windows 10 Polaris-like PC with an Xbox UI. This could have a major impact on Steam since Valve will now have to fully compete with Xbox since the Xbox OS is now part of Windows 10 proper, especially since in the future, Any UWP game released on the Microsoft Store on PC could automatically work on Xbox Consoles and vice versa. So basically Xbox Play Anywhere for all future Xbox games.
https://tech4gamers.com/microsoft-xbox-one-user-interface-in-windows-10/
Understanding Windows Core OS
"Microsoft’s Windows vision includes the idea of a gaming mode for playing games with an Xbox controller,"
Windows CShell – With the same kernel, a flexible core, and unified app platform, the last piece is the shell – or UI – that itself adapts to the screen. Taking the idea of Continuum to the OS level, CShell lets devices adjust their UIs for different tasks and experiences. A device running full Windows 10 for the desktop would be able to take on a Windows 10 Mobile UI to run in phone-mode, for example. Or, a Windows 10 PC could take on the Xbox UI when in gaming mode.
This means that we will see an Xbox UI come to Windows 10. This means that we will be able launch Xbox games through this UI. This also does mean that we will see third party Xbox PC consoles, note though that the OEM decides if it wants to use native Win32 support or not, an OEM can create an Xbox PC Console with S Mode enabled which has Native Win32 compatibility and can be switched to normal Windows 10 or it can be based on Polaris which has no native Win32 and is based on just UWP (Which Xbox will fully use in the future)
Now how does this impact Xbox Consoles?
Interestingly this does lead to another phase for Xbox as a piece of hardware. Since this will apply to all MS's OSes. We will likely see a Mouse and Keyboard UI come to Xbox devices. This means in the future we could see future Xbox hardware come with a controller AND a Mouse and keyboard.
This combined with UWP, Composable Shell and Windows Core OS. It does seem like Xbox consoles will become essentially a Windows 10 Polaris-like PC with an Xbox UI. This could have a major impact on Steam since Valve will now have to fully compete with Xbox since the Xbox OS is now part of Windows 10 proper, especially since in the future, Any UWP game released on the Microsoft Store on PC could automatically work on Xbox Consoles and vice versa. So basically Xbox Play Anywhere for all future Xbox games.
https://tech4gamers.com/microsoft-xbox-one-user-interface-in-windows-10/
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