Well they got into gaming to be in your living room.... They are just extending that idea by eliminating the need of a plastic box.
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(The Verge) Phil Spencer about Xbox as an app on your TV : "I think you’re going to see that in the next 12 months"
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Great news!
I hope Sony expands PS Now again in a similar way; can't believe this was removed rather than expanded upon further...
I hope Sony expands PS Now again in a similar way; can't believe this was removed rather than expanded upon further...
I am looking forwad to the potential here, it will be great to stream xbox games without having to buy a box.
However, I don't think Microsoft will be giving up on consoles any time soon, no way would they miss out on their share of revenue from COD, GTA and Assassins Creed.
However, I don't think Microsoft will be giving up on consoles any time soon, no way would they miss out on their share of revenue from COD, GTA and Assassins Creed.
They are installing Series X blades, but I wouldn't be shocked if they stream next gen games in Series S mode. Would save on power and bandwidth, and demand for 4K streaming is likely much lower than phone/tablet streaming where 1080p is acceptable.
Of course Series X blades would give them flexibility to stream 4K/Series X versions of they wanted to, sounds perfect for some sort of premium tier subscription.
You get a streaming stick like an Xbox Firestick but you still get Xbox app on everything else like Prime video is.
It would be dope. Eventually. In theory. If it came out today I probably wouldn't download it, though, because there isn't much there for Microsoft to offer. I hope that changes in the next couple years.
Awesome! I'd love to be able to stream games to my good ol' B6 when the CX is already being used.
I've got a mesh system with everything hardwired into hubs. Such a great decision.
I can use xCloud on my firestick with sideloading and connect my controller via BT. I'm not sure if there are TV's that would allow you to connect BT devices like a controller and if there are I imagine it is not many.
Wifi controller is amazing as you can easily jump from device to device without having any concern about the actual hardware or the pain in the a$$ of having to constantly pair it.
Months back I sideloaded Stadia onto the same Firestick by running it in Chrome and using the wifi controller. As an extra bonus, Android does not support rumble on the xbox controller but I used Stadia on my Firestick because the controller was connecting directly to the datacenter, rumble fully worked. I imagine it is the same for Luna
Seems like an obvious next move for them, though surprised they'd debut something in ~12 months.
Would love to stream locally to my upstairs TV. My wife takes over the downstairs TV for the Housewives about 3x a week, and while I've used xCloud I'd much rather play it on my TV than on my phone... resolution aside.
Would love to stream locally to my upstairs TV. My wife takes over the downstairs TV for the Housewives about 3x a week, and while I've used xCloud I'd much rather play it on my TV than on my phone... resolution aside.
Yeah they should definitely provide the option of an xCloud controller. Wifi/Bluetooth/Xbox.
This always felt like the inevitable conclusion, but it's still exciting to hear them talk about it.
Interested to see the adoption rate of a monthly subscription game streaming service amongst, for lack of a better word, normal people. I.e. people not already invested in games. Because if you own an Xbox or PC and are interested in GamePass you're surely already in. This is trying to reach everybody else.
Same. I was part of the people testing it on iPhones :(
Weren't they closer to launching on iOS? Or was it just a rumor? 😭
Any info on the Series X blades ? Is it 100% coming ?
Can't wait really. That's going to make it a much better experience.
After next year, when they start getting Avowed, Everwild, Fable and all the Bethesda games, that's the right time to go all in.
I've never had a good experience game streaming on my 4k Fire Stick. So far, I've tried an early version of xcloud and Luna and the 1 thing both had in common was insane input lag. This was with an Xbox One controller connected to the fire stick through bluetooth. I'm not sure if it's the controller, the fire stick hardware, or the fire stick connecting via 5ghz wifi but it sure was an awful experience.
I love this idea because it would save me from buying a series x for gamepass. I was thinking of getting a series s instead of an x but the performance gap between the two make the s seem like a terrible value since I have a 4k oled tv. I just hope my internet connection would be good enough for it. I plan on getting a wifi 6 router this holiday season, but I dont know if that will help with that. I'm not too informed on networking tools.
While I do agree that they won't be giving up on consoles anytime soon, I also think the step after getting Gamepass everywhere is including a store inside of Gamepass for DLC/F2P digital content to be purchased and immediately added to your streaming game.
Surprised theres so many people A-OK with laggy ass streamed games. We finally reach a generation where consoles are pushing for performance to improve responsiveness and now people are looking to get some sweet sweet latency back in their lives by using xcloud 😂
Unless these TV's let you download these games to run them natively I'll be passing on that app tbh.
Unless these TV's let you download these games to run them natively I'll be passing on that app tbh.
They were definately not perfect experiences, I just like messing around with sude loading.
While I dislike the Chromecast Ulta overall,
the experience of playing Stadia on it feels the same as a fast loading local console for me
The issue was there that Sony did not expand beyond Sony and select Samsung TVs AND the lack of advertisement. That is not enough to gain market share, they should have expanded to include many more OEMs, but they chose to focus on their own hardware, but they have a declining share in the TV space.
They should have expanded beyond their own hardware, Sony hardware doesn't have enough market share beyond consoles to make services exclusive to their own devices.
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I wonder if ps now didn't run well on tvs so Sony pulled it back while they sorted it out. But yeah they're leaving it wide open for Microsoft.
If the streaming is included with GP ultimate is definitely use it on my bedroom TV. Just hope it runs well. Streaming on my phone is pretty poor
This is exactly why I don't think they put all those Bethesda games on PlayStation. You could use Xcloud on a Sony TV with a Dualsense controller. Why would they spend extra money porting those games if they are willing to have their games that readily available.
probably because the experience was god awful. i don't really blame sony on this one because the fault is squarely on these half-assed smart tv OSs. navigating to apps is awful. the performance of the apps (even things like netflix) is awful. trying to pair a device (aka controller) is an awful experience.
i will wish MS g'luck with this one but if the goal is to break down the barriers between consumers and their ability to play games i'm going to say buying a console is about 1000% easier then trying to get the games working from the TV directly. it's too complicated and too stupid. ...and quite frankly with xbox series s out there isn't not even much cheaper. stadia still costs $100 because you need a controller and an adapter.
supporting TVs is not really a "frictionless" way to get games to people and i don't expect it will do much for MS's gamepass subscriptions. the series s will do so much more to enticing this particular target audience.
If it's well executed I'm all in. Playstation Now and Stadia were the right idea, but very poorly executed.