Work in progress, will adjust to provide more options to install.
- Method 1: Use the PGDK.EXE installer.
- Method 2: Bits without install (BWOI).
- Method 3: nuGet Package (coming soon)
- Method 4: Acquire via Visual Studio (future).
- Clarified references to "Xbox" vs. "Xbox Consoles" to indicate on what hardware platform the features are used.
- Clarified references to "Windows" include both "Windows 10" and "Windows 11" (updated comparison table graphics to reflect this as well).
- Clarified references to "Xbox Cloud Streaming" are part of our "cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate" offering.
This section is under development as we take feedback from the community what information is most useful to present up-front vs. in the documentation (https://aka.ms/gamedevdocs).
There are two distinct audiences for the GDK (developers already in or onboarding into the Xbox ecosystem and developers not yet / interested in the Xbox ecosystem). As the distinct needs of these audiences are more clearly identified, the Readme.MD will serve to help provide clarity and direction on where to get started depending on where a developer is at in their journey to build games for the Xbox App on Windows, Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox consoles (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One), or Xbox Cloud Gaming (game streaming).