Microsoft believes Cloud Gaming is one of the best game streaming services around because it utlises the firm's enormous network of data centres around the world. However, Microsoft's service is not a separate offering - it is a no-cost addition to its existing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership scheme. It is not a new idea PlayStation Now has been available on Sony consoles for several years Nvidia has GeForce Now available on PCs and mobile devices and Cloud Gaming's major rival, Google's Stadia, launched in 2019. In return, controller codes are sent in the other direction so, for all intents and purposes, it feels like you are playing a game loaded on the device itself. Live gameplay video is sent to a compatible device over the internet. It is a streaming service, in that all games are hosted on custom Xbox Series X hardware located at remote servers around the world.

It runs as a complementary service to its Xbox One and Xbox Series X / Series S games consoles and is available in 26 countries as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership. What is Xbox Cloud Gaming?Ĭalled 'Project xCloud' during its earlier days, Xbox Cloud Gaming is Microsoft's game streaming platform. Here's everything you need to know about the Xbox cloud games service, including what devices are compatible and all the available games. And Microsoft hopes to introduce a smart TV app, even its own streaming dongle in the future too. It is also being tested on Xbox consoles themselves, by those on the Xbox Insider program, so will soon enable Xbox One owners to play Xbox Series X games. Called Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate - also often referred to as Xbox Cloud Gaming - it offers more than 300 Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and original Xbox games to be played on PC, Mac, Chromebook, Android and iOS devices over a data connection.

(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft has its own cloud gaming platform.

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