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After 11 years, Xbox One emulators are finally coming to PC - but they're not actually using emulation at all (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 125 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The rest of the article is mildly interesting, but if you just took the bait from the headline:

On a technical level, Xbox One is essentially a PC using a heavily modified version of Windows, and this software simply translates native Xbox applications into a form that can run on standard Windows PCs

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So...software emulation...kinda. I guess translation technically. Whatever lol.