Want Xbox Game Pass on your Steam Deck? Here's how

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Many of us have had eyes on the Steam Deck handheld PC because of its convenience when compared to gaming laptops, as well as its potential emulation capabilities, but some fresh information from Microsoft has just made it a whole lot better still. In a Reddit thread created by a Microsoft employee, it was announced that Xbox Game Pass was being made available on the Valve system via the Microsoft Edge beta.

User u/MSFTMissy states: «We worked closely with Valve and the Xbox Cloud Gaming team to bring support for Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate through Microsoft Edge Beta for the Steam Deck». 

This isn't the first time we've seen Microsoft announcing some news that relates to the Steam Deck, given it's technically a gaming PC, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the computing giant would want to keep a good relationship with Valve. A few weeks back, it was revealed that several Microsoft Studios games had updated the status of a wide variety of its games to Steam Deck Verified, and several others to Playable.

Still, Xbox Game Pass isn't just a nice feature, for some it's an essential part of the PC gaming experience, offering over 100 games at an affordable monthly cost. Given its popularity, this is sure to be a big selling point for budget-savvy folks who had their eyes on the handheld.

You can follow the below instructions created by Microsoft to install the Edge browser beta onto the Steam Deck. There are a fair few steps, but this is a much easier process than it looks, and took us less than 30 minutes to get set up. 

On the Desktop, launch Steam

To switch the controller layout to Gamepad with touchpad as Mouse:

A cautionary word, though: while many of the user comments on the Reddit thread state