PC Xbox App Now Allows Modding
Though Microsoft's Xbox app on PC offers gamers another avenue for collecting and playing games, it has historically been less than ideal to use due to its lack of key PC-specific features, such as the option to choose a game's installation folder. This, however, has now been changed with the latest app update.
According to Microsoft's update overview, the Xbox app on PC has now been opened up to a greater extent than ever before, including support for some core features that PC gamers may find invaluable. While being able to choose a game's installation location is crucial, potentially more interesting is the fact that the app now lets players modify local game files, just as they would on any other PC gaming platform.
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The update, which is now readily available for all Xbox PC app users, allows for local file modding and manipulation of all Microsoft Store games, including the very best games on PC Game Pass, making the deal even better than before. Xbox's Partner Director of Experiences, Jason Beaumont, has also said that some users may find the download speeds to have increased in some cases, though it's not clear what sort of optimizations may have been done in this respect.
As Microsoft makes huge, sweeping changes to Xbox services across the board, players may be happy to see that the company isn't forgetting how lacking its quality-of-life features have been in the past. By removing installation restrictions and letting users modify game files whenever they want, Xbox may yet reach feature parity with other major PC gaming platforms, such as Steam.
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