Why Xbox Game Pass might be coming to Steam Deck soon, with Gabe Newell’s interest
After months of anticipation, the Valve Steam Deck has finally launched. While reviews have criticized the "unfinished" nature of the software, the device as a whole has received an overwhelmingly positive reaction for delivering on its promise of portable AAA PC gaming.
With the help of Proton, Valve aims to make almost the entirety of the Steam library playable on the Deck (barring titles such as VR). The proposition of carrying over and having the entire Steam library for $399/- does seem like an amazing value proposition. This is further highlighted by the unrealistic GPU pricing and supply chain issue.
With Steam Deck essentially standardizing PC gaming, fans have been questioning the other fantastic value proposition in the gaming industry, Xbox’s Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass, the subscription-based service provided by Microsoft Gaming, is the best “value for money option to play games. The service provides players with 100s top-tier games for a monthly fee, including Day 1 launches of all of Xbox’s first-party titles and many third-party titles.
Alongside the Xbox consoles (One and Series X|S), Game Pass has exploded on PC. PC-focused games like Age of Empires IV and Total War: Warhammer III being available alongside multiple platform titles have made PC Game Pass a particularly favourable choice for the PC gaming community.
When VideogameChronicles asked Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve, about the possibility of a Game Pass competitor on Steam Deck, he said,
He further added,
The Game Pass on Deck will undoubtedly be splendid for the various games. Aside from their Steam library, they’ll also be able to carry their Game Pass library on the go. Furthermore, for titles that are restricted by the limitations of the hardware or
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