Do you have a source for this? Every time I’ve gone looking for details about the Xbox I’ve not found anything comprehensive.
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w2tpmf@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoThe Xbox literally runs a custom build of Windows, that runs in a Virtual Machine, on top of another custom Windows based hypervisor. Then games are run in a separate VM.
All they’d have to do is port the hypervisor to different hardware, then the rest would run on top just fine.
catloaf@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Do you have a source for this? Every time I’ve gone looking for details about the Xbox I’ve not found anything comprehensive.
It’s spelled out in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software#Xbox_S… and you can even ask Microsoft Copilot for details and it happily tells you.
w2tpmf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Quick search …https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/xbox-one-8450/why-does-the-xbox-one-have-a-hypervisor-and-what-i-1437760/
Just search for Xbox hypervisor
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Really, games run that far away from metal? Amazing, I didn’t have a clue.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Welcome to modern DRM.
pycorax@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Iirc it’s fairly lightweight without much overhead. It’s not as heavy as running VM your PC.