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Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles
(www.polygon.com)
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Fun fact: Microsoft can already do that: Just ship a Windows ~~container~~ VM on Xbox.
Edit: Apparently "container" is the wrong term.
Have you ever tried to setup a Windows container let alone one on an Xbox? Even Microsoft knows windows containers are fucking shit, just look at azure Linux, it's the entire reason for it's existence
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Linux
The Xbox System Software contains a heavily modified Hyper-V hypervisor (known as NanoVisor) as its host OS and two partitions. One of the partitions, the "Exclusive" partition is a custom virtual machine (VM) for games; the other partition, the "Shared" partition is a custom VM for running multiple apps including the OS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software#System
Xbox already runs two VMs. Just throw in a third with real Windows.
A VM and a container are two completely different pieces of technology...
I'm sorry I mixed up the terminology. I was sure the point of "Microsoft can ship Windows with Xbox" came across no matter what.
No worries, it's an understandable mistake.