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Windows 10 App For Xbox One Could Render Steam Machines Useless

Posted by timothy on from the significant-overlap dept.

SlappingOysters writes: The release of Windows 10 has brought with it the Xbox app -- a portal through which you can stream anything happening on your Xbox One to your Surface or desktop. Finder is reporting that the love will go the other way, too, with a PC app coming to the Xbox One allowing you to stream your desktop to your console. But where does this leave the coming Steam Machines? This analysis shows how such an app could undermine the Steam Machines' market position.

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  1. Useless? by nsre · · Score: 5, Informative

    They probably mean redundant. Having an alternative doesn't make something useless.

  2. Re:Not competition for steam machines. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Finder is reporting that the love will go the other way, too, with a PC app coming to the Xbox One allowing you to stream your desktop to your console."

    I understand it's not normal to RTFA, but to not even read the summary?

  3. $50 Streaming Device by KermodeBear · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why would a streaming XBox make a steam machine irrelevant?

    The $50 streaming device from Valve makes the XBox+App irrelevant: Steam Link Streaming Box

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  4. Re:"Don't buy it yet" strategy by bondsbw · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Verge interviewed Phil Spencer yesterday, and asked about streaming PC to Xbox. He replied that they are very interested in it.

    That's hardly a "campaign".

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