Xbox App For PC Now Integrates Your Steam Games

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.

Feck off MS

[fjo3]

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

Re:

[thegarbz]

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.

What functionality does it have?

[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

[organgtool]

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?

Re: Classic Microsoft

[xgerrit]

The cheapest one.

Re: Classic Microsoft

[dslbrian]

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-consensual access to Steam and B.Net?

[drnb]

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

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

Re:

[tlhIngan]

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.

And yet..

[Slashythenkilly]

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.

Not impressed.

[SuperDre]

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

[PinkyGigglebrain]

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 thr

Nope.

[ledow]

Embrace -- You are here.
Extend
Extinguish

Steam has "Add Non Steam Game"

[xack]

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".