Apple has faced increasing regulatory scrutiny over its tight control of the App Store, leading the company to make changes in some countries, such as allowing alternative payments in South Korea.Īpple should allow sideloading but not 3rd party app/game stores. Xbox already offers a cloud gaming service on the iPhone, but games are only playable via the web instead of the App Store. This means the Xbox games store would not be available in the U.S., at least initially. Gurman said Apple was aiming to roll out the changes with an iOS 17 update next year for iPhone users in Europe only. In December, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple was preparing to allow alternative app stores on the iPhone in order to comply with the Digital Markets Act, which is expected to come into effect in March 2024. "Today, we can't do that on mobile devices, but we want to build towards a world that we think will be coming where those devices are opened up." "We want to be in a position to offer Xbox and content from both us and our third-party partners across any screen where somebody would want to play," Spencer told the Financial Times. Second, the app would only be able to launch if the EU's Digital Markets Act and other regulations allowing for alternative app stores on iOS are enforced. In an interview with the Financial Times, Microsoft's gaming chief Phil Spencer said the app's launch hinges on regulators approving the company's acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard, as this would give Microsoft a wider portfolio of mobile games. Just bare that in mind.Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch an Xbox games store on the iPhone as early as next year, but the plans depend on multiple regulatory measures. Some themes are uploaded elsewhere, like Github tho. Although keep in mind, that if you want to get them, some of them are uploaded straight to Playnite's Forum's servers, and to download, you need to sign up. Plus, I think that it's just a small nitpick, and I think it can be overshadowed by the numerous amounts of themes avaliable for Playnite. I didn't have much issue with the grid layout, I feel like, that the small customization that's given in fullscreen Playnite is alright. And again, adding non-Steam games to it is a pain. Yes, there is Steam's Big Picture, but it's not quite as good as Playnite. I was really disappointed when I found that it doesn't have a Linux client, which I found when I briefly switched. I would love to see this go to macOS, or better yet Linux. My only major issue is that it's Windows only. So when I searched for alternatives, of course I found Playnite and ever since I started using it, it became my go to for a game launcher, with big picture mode. And while LaunchBox is awesome once you pay for it, it's just too expensive for a game launcher, and I really wanted a big picture mode. CleverFaunus's Experience I have previously used the free tier of LaunchBox.
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