That didn't end up happening, but Valve's Steam Deck allows you to play your PC games anywhere. And thanks to the Linux-based SteamOS it runs on, your Deck support Xbox Game Pass, too.

The PC Xbox app can now aggregate your game libraries, including Steam. That's great, but Game Pass coming to Steam would be a lot more meaningful.

If you use Steam, Battle.net, Xbox, or Game Pass, the app will now automatically pull your installed titles from these stores into a single, combined library.

However, I know I'm not alone in pondering an alternative future where the PC Xbox app — more specifically, PC Game Pass — comes to Steam. PC Game Pass on Steam is all I really want ...