No it's not satire. It's a demonstration of the excellence in backward compatibility and cross-compatibility that Microsoft has always been known for, and that so-called modern players like Google and Apple don't take seriously.

Just because an XBox can't print doesn't mean that an app that prints shouldn't run on XBox. It should just mean that the printing function shouldn't run. How to achieve that is exactly what Raymond Chen, a Microsoft and Windows veteran, is trying to explain here.