@siracusa John, are you able to explain the difference between a game that exists on PC versus Steam (on Windows) vs XBox Gaming Pass (on a PC) … because Steam also exists on Steamdecks, and this opens the topic of cross-platform gaming.

Presumably XBox Gaming Pass is just a front-end to very different game binaries on PC and XBox hardware — and also I presume each XBox can emulate (just one?) previous XBox hardware — but is Steam cross platform? Does it exist on Android? COULD it exist on Android, for that matter?

Final question, and the point to all this: Is there any technical barrier to running Steam games on iOS and macOS? Or should I stay focussed on ARM Linux — who appear to have engineered 2 simultaneous wormholes to support high-end 64-bit Wintel software? https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/gaming-on-linux-with-apple-silicon-now-becoming-a-very-real-thing/ … not to forget the minor miracle, Asahi Linux even boots!

Or should I just think about Xbox Cloud Gaming instead? And GeForce Now?