Microsoft’s Cloud-Based Gaming Service

                     Microsoft’s Cloud-Based Gaming Service

Microsoft’s new gaming service called xcloud brings gaming to a whole new level. Bringing

competition to Google’s cloud gaming service, stadia. Xcloud was released on android on September 15th but has yet to come to apple because of its strict app store policy. Here’s everything you need to know.

Everything you need to know!

Microsoft’s new cloud-based gaming service, xcloud. A streaming service that allows usually high demanding games on a phone. Microsoft has done this by using huge data centers and putting Xbox like components in them. Then, the data servers stream directly to your mobile device. Xcloud at no extra cost is bundled with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. If you don’t have this bundle, you’ve missed out on this. However, not all hope is lost for those of you that don’t have game pass ultimate. With the new next-gen Xbox, you can choose a financing option for 35 dollars a month you’re paying for the console and the game pass. Very good deal, if you ask me! Now more about the streaming service. 

Since xcloud is relatively new, you can play 150 games, but later this year the game pass is partnering with EA play, meaning that this library goes up by about 50 games. Giving the total to be, a big 200 games. To keep it simple, xcloud is a streaming service for games that’s able to play usually high performance required games on a weak device such as a tablet or phone. But as per usual Apple is giving Microsoft problems.

Microsoft’s problem with Apple

Microsoft was beta testing with apple devices and was ready to send it to the app store for it to get verified and put up. Apple declined it because it violates the rules, sounds kinda fishy to me. 

Speculations have shown that they don’t want it to be on the app store, because it would make Apple’s “Apple Arcade” obsolete. It would make sense because xcloud is better in every way. Think about it, console games on a weak device, I’m sold! Now it’s not over yet! Microsoft is working on a browser-based solution for apple devices. They’re doing this by creating a catalog style app that collects and links to each game. Similar to Amazon’s luma cloud-based gaming service. In theory, this will work, but you never know with Apple. It’s expected to be on Apple’s devices in late 2020, to early 2021. Overall this streaming service sounds amazing, and I’m very excited to try it myself!