Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11

Please let there be ‘Xbork’ as this appears in all the wrong places Organizations that rely on consumer-grade PCs or allow staff to bring their own devices to work, have something new to worry about: a virtual Xbox lurking inside Windows 11.

Microsoft announced the “innovation” on Wednesday in a post about its future gaming plans in which Vice President of Next Generation Jason Ronald wrote, “As games increasingly span devices, we’re breaking down the barriers between console and PC games for more seamless cross-device play, and we’re making the Xbox experience consistent across screens.”

Microsoft wants to do this to give developers “a simpler, more unified path to reach more players while helping reduce development costs.” Fair enough, if that means creating games for both PCs and Xbox gets easier.

As it happens, Microsoft has already blended Xbox and PCs in a device from ASUS’s Republic ...