Certainly, there is the Xbox Series X which will occupy the end of the year for Microsoft. To make room for Sony and to his PlayStation 5, the Windows editor will put the big package. But the future of video games at Microsoft is also written in the cloud. In September, players subscribed to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (€ 12.99 per month) will also be able to take advantage of the streaming games from the xCloud project, the two offers will simply merge.
In other words, the hundred games offered in the Game Pass will be playable in streaming on smartphone or tablet. It will also be possible to play online via Xbox Live. ” When cloud gaming arrives in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you can continue your game where you left off on any other device, as you continue to play your movies, series, or music currently with your favorite services », Explain Phil Spencer, the big boss of the Xbox. And this will also affect French players.
xCloud is promising, much more than its competitor Stadia from which you have to buy the games one by one; with the catalog of the Game Pass immediately available, players will be able to quickly start a game. By the way, this will make the Game Pass subscription even more attractive than it is today. Currently, the beta version of xCloud is compatible with around fifty titles.
It only remains to open this service to iOS devices. And this is where it will get stuck: for an incomprehensible reason, Apple closes the door to the services of cloud gaming (read: Game Store banned streaming services from the App Store). As a result, xCloud is only available on Android at this time. Hopefully Apple will finally see the light, because the iOS platform and its users risk losing a lot by persisting in this way.
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