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I have an xbox with gamepass. All the games I would buy are on gamepass so I don't want to re buy games that are already available to me through gamepass.

I know I can stream but it's not always the best experience.

I can install windows and use the Xbox app, but the controls don't work natively. I can use a third party tool like steam deck tools but I risk a ban in multiplayer games if I use any of the overlay or fan tools.

I love the steam deck but the lack of Xbox gamepass integration makes me want to sell it for a windows handheld.

Any ideas of how I can better integrate Gamepass on my Steam Deck?

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[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The short answer is: you don't unfortunately.

You already listed what the options are. The Xbox app and UWP games are not an option on SteamOS, and Windows support is suboptimal. As for Xbox cloud, it's alright as long as you have a good internet access, which kind of defeats the purpose of a handheld.

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Currently, it is not possible to run the Xbox App Store on Linux. While you can run the Epic Game Store and GoG with the Heroic launcher, you cannot run the Xbox app store.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 1 month ago

The Battle.Net client is supposed to offer at least some Gamepass games.

But yeah, all in all the Gamepass situation sucks.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This greenlight?

Greenlight is an open-source client for xCloud and Xbox home streaming

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago
[–] BO6StanSmith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you use for that?

I've been using xbplay and I'm not nuts about it

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

I haven’t done it in a long time. I used greenlight.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This should work, but I'll be honest, Setup is a doozey

I've just spent the last three days setting it up to use Office365 on my laptop for school

[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting on paper, but good luck running games with that setup.

If I understand correctly this basically starts a container which itself spawns a VM running windows. Good for running Minesweeper and probably not much else.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Agreed, I'm not sure the Deck has the performance necessary to make it work well.

I got it running on my chrultrabook but its NOT fast (installing o365 took 6 hours for example). You'd be pretty period limited to only games prior to around 2014 based on memory limitations.

Personally? I'm a nutter, so I'd have at it just for shits and giggles to see if it'd work then immediately proceed to abuse my newfound power.

[–] LikeableLime@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

I tried setting this up and did eventually get some windows apps working but they constantly had display issues, lost mouse focus or the mouse didn't align inside the app, window resizing issues, etc. Its good for things that are going to be very static and not much else.

Unless I just set it up wrong, which could definitely be the case.

[–] BO6StanSmith@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm intrigued. I'll definitely check this out. Thanks!

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why is streaming not an option? I've had pc gamepassfor months. You can create a shortcut in game mode to an edge browser which brings you directly to the home page for games, and then all controls natively work.

I've not had any issues with streaming so far, and even got to play starfield for a little while (i believe that was on game pass? Or I steamed it from my pc idrk).

Granted this only works so well for me because I have decent internet, but unless I wasplaying cod I'd be tempted to try with my 4g phone and Hotspot it.

[–] BO6StanSmith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I find it to be inconsistent

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What about it is inconsistent?

[–] BO6StanSmith@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Input lag and visual quality. It's good most of the time but still inconsistent enough to desire native

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably better off just selling and going with an windows handheld, just of course make sure to look into whether or not the device will actually work with pc gamepass and how well it handles most games

[–] BO6StanSmith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I thought of doing that. Waiting to see if the Xbox Ally is good

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don’t have a steam deck, but on my LeGo I am using XBplay that connects remotely to my Xbox and that’s how I’ve been game-passing. (Running Cachy, btw)

[–] BO6StanSmith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

CachyOS is an arch based distro like Steam OS. I use the handheld version, so we may have similar experiences trying to run xbplay

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the main reason I did a Rog Ally. I hate it, but I needed local installs when not on wifi.

[–] BO6StanSmith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I hate the need for Windows, but my use case keeps me in it. Love the device though.