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konnichiwa said:

Hmmm a few things happening:

Gaming Copilot coming to Xbox consoles later this year: "[...]we will bring Gaming Copilot to the current-generation consoles, and we will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing", said Manager for Gaming AI at Xbox Sonali Yadav   (Credit Shinobi)

Xbox Announces Policy Changes To Treat Games More 'Fairly' On The Microsoft Store

"You won’t see the same bundle five times across New Releases  

Read more at; https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/xbox-announces-policy-changes-to-treat-games-more-fairly-on-the-microsoft-store

Also:

Xbox is retiring their physical Dev Kits Your PC is a dev kit. With a unified GDK, if you build on Windows 11, you’re building for Xbox. No more expensive, proprietary hardware needed. 

1. Ugh AI slop doesn't need to be anywhere near gaming.

2. That is an improvement. I hated going to the Xbox store and seeing the same games listed multiple times.

3. If this makes it easier and cheaper for developer to make games on Xbox and PC I am all for it.