Can the Xbox App Ever Beat Steam?
THE SO WHAT
The real contest isn’t “beating” Steam—it’s whether Xbox can own enough of the PC session to make Game Pass and cross-platform identity feel default. For game studios, that determines how hard you lean into Xbox services versus treating them as a secondary channel.
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