I’m willing to bet game pass will come to the steam deck. Also, that’s fair. Subscription models for tentative and unsustainable game series makes sense. My issue is more with normal games having to compete with game pass.
Game pass isn’t going to come to steam deck. Not as a native app that installs games locally. You can already stream games through the web browser that’s all you will get.
The fact they are making changes to windows and partnering with Asus on releasing Xbox hardware in the same space is more than enough evidence, but also, the steam deck is a tiny part of the market(it might be the best but it is still tiny).
Linux as a whole is also nothing for Microsoft to worry about, it is slowly increasing in market share, sure. But it is nothing on the scale of windows, and won’t be for years at the current growth rate.
The fact they are making changes to windows and partnering with Asus on releasing Xbox hardware in the same space is more than enough evidence, but also, the steam deck is a tiny part of the market(it might be the best but it is still tiny).
I do wonder how this works for offline play which is fairly common for handheld PCs. Does Game Pass work offline?
I don’t think it will simply because the way game pass is implemented is via the MS Store version of those games. Using Steam would likely require them to switch to the Steam version of games and might not be that straightforward? Who knows.
I’m willing to bet game pass will come to the steam deck. Also, that’s fair. Subscription models for tentative and unsustainable game series makes sense. My issue is more with normal games having to compete with game pass.
Game pass isn’t going to come to steam deck. Not as a native app that installs games locally. You can already stream games through the web browser that’s all you will get.
The fact they are making changes to windows and partnering with Asus on releasing Xbox hardware in the same space is more than enough evidence, but also, the steam deck is a tiny part of the market(it might be the best but it is still tiny).
Linux as a whole is also nothing for Microsoft to worry about, it is slowly increasing in market share, sure. But it is nothing on the scale of windows, and won’t be for years at the current growth rate.
I do wonder how this works for offline play which is fairly common for handheld PCs. Does Game Pass work offline?
I think(but it has been a long time since I touched gamepass) there is a timeframe between login checks.
So you might be able to download something, use it for a week, then have to re-authorise again.
But I don’t know the time frame, so might be 48 hours or a month.
I don’t think it will simply because the way game pass is implemented is via the MS Store version of those games. Using Steam would likely require them to switch to the Steam version of games and might not be that straightforward? Who knows.