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Xbox App For PC Now Integrates Your Steam Games (xbox.com) 42

Posted by BeauHD from the all-in-one dept.
Microsoft is turning the Xbox App on PC into a universal game launcher by integrating libraries from multiple storefronts like Steam. The feature is currently limited to those in the Xbox Insider program. From the announcement: With the aggregated gaming library, players can conveniently launch games from Xbox, Game Pass, Battle.net and other leading PC storefronts from a single library within the Xbox PC app. Whether you're on a Windows PC or a handheld device, your Xbox library, hundreds of Game Pass titles, and all your installed games from leading PC storefronts will now be at your fingertips. When a player installs a game from a supported PC storefront, it will automatically appear in "My library" within the Xbox PC app, as well as the "Most recent" list of titles in the sidebar -- making it easier than ever to jump back into your games. And this is just the beginning. We'll continue rolling out support for additional PC storefronts over time.

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  • Feck off MS (Score:3)

    by fjo3 ( 1399739 ) on Monday June 23, 2025 @09:59PM (#65471289)
    Feck directly off. Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200$.

    • Feck directly off. Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200$.

      Why? What impact is this on you? It's something you don't need to use or interact with in any way. Show us on the doll where someone else using the xbox app as a launcher because they subscribe to xbox game pass touched you.

      Cross launching is a good thing. Having to find which damn launcher to open to find your game because they don't interact with each other is a fucking cancer user interface design.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by mjwx ( 966435 )

      Feck directly off. Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200$.

      This, it can fuck right off.

      I've had it up to my back teeth with superfluous launchers, the last thing I want is MS Spyware being yet another hoop I need to jump through to get to my games.

      I think we might be at the point where most of my games will run on Linux, checked the last dozen I played on Steam and they're all gold or platinum. Might test it out on my travel laptop and make my gaming PC dual boot before MS tries to kill W10. Now all I need to worry about are my GOG games... most of those are

      • I've run Linux exclusively on my gaming box for the past 1.5 years. In that time I've run into exactly one game that didn't run out of the box (Nuclear Throne, didn't try to hard to get it to work). Lutris has good support for running GoG games for the few I've tried. The one caveat is I don't play multiplayer-focused games: some of those have nasty anti-cheat software that won't work on Windows. Which IMO is a good thing, but YMMV.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by mjwx ( 966435 )

          I've run Linux exclusively on my gaming box for the past 1.5 years. In that time I've run into exactly one game that didn't run out of the box (Nuclear Throne, didn't try to hard to get it to work). Lutris has good support for running GoG games for the few I've tried. The one caveat is I don't play multiplayer-focused games: some of those have nasty anti-cheat software that won't work on Windows. Which IMO is a good thing, but YMMV.

          Thanks,

          Not really big on multiplayer games any more either... I've just gotten too old.

  • What functionality does it have? (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Can you also install more games from your other libraries using the Xbox app? Can you buy games from these other stores using the Xbox app? Can you pick your default Game Library app in Windows?

    That's cool they want to roll out support for more storefronts, will it include support for their functions?

  • Classic Microsoft (Score:5, Insightful)

    by organgtool ( 966989 ) on Monday June 23, 2025 @10:43PM (#65471341)
    Non-consensually integrate other platforms into their own to condition users to maximize use of the Microsoft version of the app. And if they're successful in doing that, which platform do you think most users will use when it's time to purchase a game?
    • The cheapest one.
    • Embrace and extend is their signature move. Now they will be like the Huffington Post of game store fronts. Add in some targeted ads, some telemetry, some superflous AI nonsense. Just think of the possibilities. I wonder if they will even have an indicator of which library a game is from.

    • Non-consensually integrate other platforms into their own ...

      How do they non-consensually integrate Steam or Battle.net?

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by tlhIngan ( 30335 )

      GOG Galaxy already integrates other store libraries into itself - I know it supports Steam, Epic Games Store, and Humble, but it has integrations with other stores. It then tells you what stores have the game. It's invaluable to keeping track of your library to avoid buying games multiple times.

    • Non-consensually

      There's nothing non-consensual about this. Steam provides a direct mechanism for launching its games externally. And it's been used by many things (e.g. Nvidia's Geforce experience, Discord, mod management tools, heck literally any VR game that uses SteamVR API requires this mechanism).

      I actually want to turn your comment back against you: In what world do you think it would be okay for a launcher to explicitly limit other software from seeing / launching something which you installed on your PC? This is Sl

    • Lutris does the same thing on Linux.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Holi ( 250190 )

      It is exactly what Armory Crate does on their handhelds (which are about to become Xbox handhelds). So adding this feature to the new default interface on Xbox isn't at all surprising and in fact kind of necessary.

  • And yet.. (Score:5, Informative)

    by Slashythenkilly ( 7027842 ) on Monday June 23, 2025 @10:55PM (#65471373)
    There is absolutely NO reason to do this on a subscription based OS that is spying on you. Steam fully supports all its own games, will allow you to incorporate other platforms like EPIC and GOG while connecting to their supporting platforms like Ubisoft or Rockstar hassle-free. Piis right off MS.

    • Of course there is. Why would you think it's a good idea to go launcher hunting to find which game you can run. Steam fully supports and integrates other launchers, but Xbox adding this feature suddenly offends you? Whatever drugs you are on when creating your post, switch to other ones. You can get high without saying things so stupid.

    • The whole "spying on you" trope is moot in 2025. Every single digital interaction you have is littered with various tracking tech. But sure, use that phrase in a post about about a video game launcher, because a company knowing what game I played is ruining your dimented sense of privacy.
  • I would be more impressed if it worked like GOG's galaxy, where you can connect a store/library and it shows your complete collection, AND be able to install from it.

  • EEE, oh how we missed you ... NOT (Score:3)

    by PinkyGigglebrain ( 730753 ) on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @04:40AM (#65471737)

    So lets see ...

    Less than a week ago MS made a big announcement about how Windows was going to be the #1 gaming platform [slashdot.org]

    And now they are trying to Embrace Steam's users. Soon they will start Extending the Windows Xbox app to make Steam unnecessary and Windows/Xbox app essential.

    Then Steam will start to have mysterious issues on Windows systems that will make the Xbox App the preferred choice among Windows shee, uh, Users.

    Gates may be long gone but the corporate culture that he created in Microsoft still thrives, and is still upholds his values, or lack thereof.

    Thank Goddess for Lutris [lutris.net], WINE [winehq.org], and Glorious Eggroll [github.com] for his customized WINE/Proton builds that let me play my favorite games on Linux. Steams Proton is great too :)

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by mjwx ( 966435 )

      So lets see ...

      Less than a week ago MS made a big announcement about how Windows was going to be the #1 gaming platform [slashdot.org]

      And now they are trying to Embrace Steam's users. Soon they will start Extending the Windows Xbox app to make Steam unnecessary and Windows/Xbox app essential.

      Then Steam will start to have mysterious issues on Windows systems that will make the Xbox App the preferred choice among Windows shee, uh, Users.

      Gates may be long gone but the corporate culture that he created in Microsoft still thrives, and is still upholds his values, or lack thereof.

      Thank Goddess for Lutris [lutris.net], WINE [winehq.org], and Glorious Eggroll [github.com] for his customized WINE/Proton builds that let me play my favorite games on Linux. Steams Proton is great too :)

      I think the problem was assuming Gates was the source of all evil at MS, he was just part of the problem but not the entirety of it. So the rot remains even though he's long gone.

      The problem MS has is that it's spent over a decade ignoring PC gamers in the vain hope they'll buy a console and submit to total MS control. That hasn't happened and now the consoles are getting as expensive as gaming PCs but nowhere near as good. PC gamers don't need Microsoft beyond the OS, they don't want Microsoft beyond t

    • We get it. I saw the faked pictures of the moon landing too.

  • Nope. (Score:2)

    by ledow ( 319597 )

    Embrace -- You are here.
    Extend
    Extinguish

  • So each of the various stores are fighting with each other, just like there is a constant tug of war over being the "default browser".
  • Is it too hard to launch your xbox titles from xbox, steam titles from steam, etc? "Launcher hunting" is a problem that only exists in the minds of the extremely stupid and lazy.

    • Remove all shortcuts from the startmenu, taskbar, and delete your PATH environment variable. Go on. You seem to agree that everyone should be remember where everything is without any features of convenience otherwise they are "lazy and stupid". I challenge you. Prove to us you're not lazy and stupid. Give up those conveniences.

      Or just admit you're a gatekeeping arsehole who arbitrarily draws a line somewhere for the purpose of insulting others.

    • Launching used to be an OS function. Start Menu entries. However, this is one case where the old Windows 8 style full-screen start menu actually makes more sense. Convenience isn't lazy. At least not without a purpose.

  • Fuck having to run umpteen different gaming platforms, keep them all updated, have their agents running all the time. Can't remember which game is on which platform, etc... It's asinine. Sure it's a power grab by MS but all the other folks left themselves open to it by not finding a way to cooperate.
  • Am I a joke to you?

  • So MS now embraces Steam and extends it's library capabilities. If I were Valve, I would do the Microsoft thing and make arbitrary changes just to break Microsoft's app before being extinguished.

    How would Microsoft do this if they were Valve?
    1) Send Microsoft a C&D notice to remove all Steam titles from their library system due to "experience" and "compatibility".
    2) Make changes to Steam that causes the MS library system to crash and possibly corrupt.
    3) Sue Microsoft for ruining the Steam "experience"

  • like we've already been doing for years on Linux with Lutris.

    It's funny how people will say "People want this, because it's easier!" and also "People don't want to use Linux, because it's harder!"

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