Xbox-Steam Connectivity Incoming?

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A fan has made an interesting discovery; Steam has registered some Xbox subdomains.

These subdomains include the very clearly Xbox related xbox.steamgames.com and xbox.steampowered.com. Our source can only speculate on what these domains are for, if they are planned to be used at all.

Reddit is sharing their theories on what this could possibly mean. Yvese believes this will allow Xbox account owners to connect their accounts to Steam. This is the top comment on the thread, and for good reason. Valve made such arrangements with the release of Portal 2 in 2011 on Steam and PlayStation 3. Portal 2 remains the only Steam game connected to a console, offering features like cross-platform matchmaking, gameplay, friends, chat, Steam achievements, and even Steam Cloud save.

However, dostro89 points out that Microsoft is one of the few companies positioned to compete with Steam on making a PC storefront. Sekular points out that this looks more like an action by Valve, than by Microsoft, since they own these domains.

As Yvese points out, we may learn what this is in the upcoming Xbox One and Windows 10 gaming event later this month.

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Source: http://gameranx.com/updates/id/37616/article/steam-registered-an-xbox-subdomain-and-we-dont-know-why-yet/

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DragonPosted:

This would actually be terrible, try playing against someone playing on a monitor with a keyboard and mouse, while you have a controller. Spoiler: they have a HUGE advantage.

gtapro151Posted:

haha this is what separates psn yes ps4 is better but there network sucks and a big move like this would hurt. i rather play 900p XD

DontPosted:

Hope this is as good as it sounds lol

brendan64sharkPosted:

This sounds really cool. Hopefully we will have cross platform soon.

JasonsModsPosted:

This would be one of the biggest game changers to be introduced.

neboPosted:

i mean unless they make cross platform gaming not complete shit like it was with portal 2 and rocket league this will be really cool

TeravainenPosted:

It would be nice since so many people play on both platforms.

bsmPosted:

It'd be smart for Microsoft to do that. Wouldn't mind them putting Gears on Steam when it does hit PC eventually..

VoroPosted:

This would be awesome!! Hopefully this becomes a thing.

SagePosted:

Pint Would be nice to see something come out of it but as Scizor said they have been registered for ages.


Dont listen to scizor he is just a pleb if we can get some of those xbox exclusive games im all hands down for this shit.


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