Your thinking about this to literally with the name “Xbox” which is a part of my concern. Modern traditional consoles use customized hardware , usually offshoots of existing PC parts. They run by custom firmware and software that makes them purpose built devices. Xbox’s to this point had a kernel level Windows implementation with most of what we hate about windows left out.

With this new “Xbox” your getting a Windows PC. There is no “sideloading”. You just close the Xbox interface and install Steam. Your “Xbox” games will just be windows games. And if your OG xbox games play , it will be through emulation.

If this sounds exciting to you, great. But you don’t have to wait for Microsoft to release anything. You can go buy or build your own gaming PC right now and get all the same things !