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Andy Chalk

Phil Spencer reminds everyone that Xbox is 'one of the largest publishers on Steam' as he congratulates Valve on its new hardware with all the enthusiasm of a man paying his taxes

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 12: Phil Spencer speaks onstage during The Game Awards 2019 at Microsoft Theater on December 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images).

In case you somehow missed it, the big PC gaming news of the day is Valve's new slate of hardware: The Steam Controller, Steam Frame VR headset, and most notable of all (I think, anyway), the Steam Machine, a cubical, console-esque little PC that aims to bring Steam libraries to the living room. It's a big power move by the Steam team, and one of the first to congratulate them was none other than Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division.

"Gaming moves forward when players and developers have more ways to play and create, especially across open platforms," Spencer wrote on X. "Expanding access across PC, console, and handheld devices reflects a future built on choice, core values that have guided Xbox's vision from the start.

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