Gaming on Windows Just Changed Forever

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After decades of dreaming, Windows is FINALLY getting the diet it needs! With Microsoft’s newly released Xbox Mode for desktop finally out in the wild, let’s take a look at what it is, what it isn’t, and how much bloat they actually managed to remove.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
2:00 Exploring Xbox Mode
2:57 Can we ditch the keyboard?
5:59 Internal panik.
7:37 Booting up a game
8:12 This should be easy... Right?
8:23 Dear Microsoft,
10:10 Is Xbox Mode seamless?
11:13 Performance gains?
14:03 The silver lining
15:20 Xbox mode vs. Steam Big Picture?
19:10 Outro

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