Thread | Brutkey

Interesting results! I don't have great data on this, but the XBox game culture report says about 1/2 of respondents play online multiplayer games. I think you have to have the social features turned on to do that, so I'm going to guess about 50% of XBox users have those features turned on.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/11/19/xbox-culture-of-play-report-gaming-survey/

Evan Prodromou
@evan@cosocial.ca

About 17% of respondents here said Yes. That's much lower. I have a couple of guesses why: first, a lot of commenters didn't seem to consider features like a game profile, friends list, or the activity feed "social features".

Evan Prodromou
@evan@cosocial.ca

Others were quick to say that they only use social features with real friends and family. I'm not sure why that would be a "but..."; it's the whole point of those features.

Evan Prodromou
@evan@cosocial.ca

Finally, I think Fediverse users are generally more protective of their privacy than the general population.

Evan Prodromou
@evan@cosocial.ca

Anyway, my answer: yes. I have a profile on XBox, Switch, and Google Play Games. I connect with friends on all the platforms. I share achievements and activities and screenshots and sometimes chat.

Evan Prodromou
@evan@cosocial.ca

In my book "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web", I talk about federating gaming platforms. I think you should be able to connect to an account on Steam from your XBox (or Mastodon) account. Add them to your friends list, and follow their activities.