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In it, the company argues that basically every unit you own is an Xbox.

Likewise, “the Xbox app on Windows PC can magically transform personal computers into Xboxes.”

Phone reading "this is an Xbox"

Even “your favorite mobile devices can become convenient, pocket-sized Xboxes.”

And on and on.

At the same time, Spencer has repeatedly stressed that Xbox isn’t abandoning hardware.

Xbox - This Is an Xbox - YouTube

Heck,it’s even spinning up an Xbox handheld.

This marketing beat serves as a useful refresher more than anything.

Microsoft isn’t dropping hardware, but it isn’t prioritizing its own to the exclusion of others either.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

(Of course, Xbox games are also on PC.)

Put simply, Xbox software has long outgrown Xbox hardware, and this marketing push reflects that.

Even Game Pass, the closest thing to a silver bullet that Microsoft has,has seen flattening growth.

Xbox Game Pass showing Avowed, Indiana Jones, Black Ops 6 and more

Xbox Series X

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle - Indiana peers out from the shadows in stealth

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Spider-Man 2 PC

Consoles

Oblivion Remastered "Sir Vancealot"

Skyblivion

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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No Rest for the Wicked

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Deadpool

Gabriel Luna as Tommy in The Last of Us

Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer still showing the D-Rex

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Jonah Hauer-King as Conrad in Doctor Who: ‘Lucky Day’.