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Xbox is a video game console and associated ecosystem developed and marketed by Microsoft.
From a technical standpoint, getting original Xbox games running on PC isn’t a big deal. Since the days of the Xbox 360, Microsoft has relied on software emulation to get original Xbox games running on subsequent console hardware. Porting that kind of emulation technology to the PC is a simple, if not trivial, process and mimics functionality that any number of Xbox emulators have offered to PC players for years now. Today’s announcement is much more relevant from a business perspective, signaling another crack in the already porous wall between Microsoft’s PC and console gaming ambitions. Tho
Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCsJust 100 days ago, when new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma replaced long-serving executive Phil Spencer , she said she’d work to “understand what makes Xbox work and protect it.” Now, Sharma and Xbox Studios chief Matt Booty have laid out the many things that are not working for the Xbox brand in… …
Last month, Xbox executives laid out some “hard truths” about Microsoft’s struggling gaming division that they said would require a difficult “Xbox reset.” This morning, Microsoft revealed the brutal shape of that “reset,” announcing plans for 3,200 layoffs and the divestment of five smaller studio… …
… That’s because today’s announcement of the ROG Xbox Ally X was really an announcement of an “All-New ROG Xbox Ally X20 bundle ,” as Asus puts it emphasis added . …
… What even is an “Xbox” game, anymore? From a technical standpoint, getting original Xbox games running on PC isn’t a big deal. Since the days of the Xbox 360 , Microsoft has relied on software emulation to get original Xbox games running on subsequent console hardware. …
… That’s a complete nonsense concept, especially when the studio, when the overall company is doing fantastically well, there’s no need to say that this has to happen.” In announcing the layoffs last week , Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the move was necessary to restructure a business that is “not health… …