The Durango Herald

Xbox One – not just a machine for games

What is the Xbox One? If you’re a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It’s Microsoft’s latest game console, and it arrived in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means ...
TweakTown

Xbox's Phil Spencer praises new Steam Machine console: 'It's an open platform built on choice'

TL;DR: Xbox Gaming CEO Phil Spencer praises Valve's new Steam Machine, a hybrid console-PC running SteamOS with 4K 60FPS gaming and open platform support. His comments highlight the growing trend ...

2025 was the year Xbox died

Xbox didn't enter 2025 in a great state, and it's leaving the year grasping for help, like an Arc Raider player desperate for ...
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Xbox has become a Game Pass machine and nothing more — Is it enough to justify Microsoft's console over a costly gaming PC?

My opinion may seem irrational or even fanboyish, and I fully expect to see a barrage of comments disagreeing with me, as well as a platoon of the Internet's finest coming to agree. Console wars are ...
IGN

Amid Concern Over Steam Machine Price, Former Xbox Exec Calls on Valve to 'Please Just Let Third-Parties Use SteamOS' to Make the Hardware With Different Configurations

Related reads:Concern That Skyrocketing RAM Prices Driven by AI Needs Will Cause Problems for High-End Gaming for 'Several Years' A former Xbox executive has called on Valve to allow third-parties to ...
Yardbarker

Steam Machine vs Xbox: Microsoft’s Worst Nightmare?

Valve’s Steam Machine isn’t just another mini PC. It’s a strategic wedge. Analysts say the device, paired with SteamOS and Valve’s ecosystem, could undercut Xbox’s already shaky console sales.
T3

Next-gen Xbox confirmed – could be more premium than Steam Machine

The president of Xbox has once again reaffirmed that a new Xbox console is on its way. Touted as a "powerful" machine, it is core to the company's future plans. We heard a lot about a newcomer to the ...
The Escapist

Will the Steam Machine take the Xbox’s place in the console wars?

While Microsoft has denied stepping away from hardware production outright, there’s no denying that the company’s decreasing reliance on first-party publishing will leave a gap in the console gaming ...
GamesRadar+

Valve's Steam Machine is "great news" for Microsoft because it means Xbox can just "make great games" and worry less about hardware, says former Blizzard exec: "All will go in ...

Handhelds The ROG Xbox Ally is cheaper than the Steam deck OLED in a last-minute deal, and I'm laughing at the timing Handhelds The Lenovo Legion Go 2 will allegedly turn into a big Steam Deck at CES, ...
IGN

"SteamOS will take off and your Store revenue will only go up."

A former Xbox executive has called on Valve to allow third-parties to use SteamOS to make their own Steam Machines, amid concern over the price of the next-gen living room PC. Now, Mike Ybarra, former ...
Ars Technica

“I wrote this post on my Xbox One”—or, using a game console as a work machine

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=25823451#p25823451:1hsjf8p6 said: drikanis[/url]":1hsjf8p6]I once did an entire semester's worth of programming ...