We highlighted late last week that a brand-new Microsoft Edge app had begun rolling out to Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring, offering some pretty crazy possibilities including the ability to access Google Stadia.
It turns out NVIDIA's GeForce Now service also works with the new app (thanks VGC), albeit with quite a few caveats at the time of writing. The video above shows YouTuber Joe Chip getting the PC version of Wreckfest to work after a couple of attempts, functioning through GeForce Now via Steam with an Xbox controller. Crazy! He also explains that he got Quake II to run, but it can't be played due to the current lack of mouse support with the new browser.
"Can you imagine, when they make keyboard and mouse available for the Edge browser, if they ever do, then you could be playing your entire Steam library on an Xbox."
Joe Chip definitely has some troubles getting this to work as intended, but Microsoft has confirmed that the app is still in an "early preview" phase and "features and functions might change" before it actually receives a public release, so with any luck, these cloud services might actually be able to run pretty smoothly in the future.
What do you make of this? Give us your thoughts down in the comments below.
[source videogameschronicle.com, via youtu.be]
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I've watched the clip and I don't know if I understand it correctly but if you could play your entire Steam library using this exploit then imagine playing Horizon ZD or Days Gone on Xbox 😀 That would be mind-blowing!
And the coming together of a single entity moves slowly closer. One day it will all be as one.
Whatever game, whatever device.
God of War here we come 😀
All we really need is a dedicated Steam app then it's GGs.
does this new web browser supports mouse on xbox??
@LordSmok Affirmative!
@LordSmok It currently supports keyboard but not mouse as far as I'm aware. Hopefully that'll change in the future.
@gollumb82 It would all depend on whether those games are available through GeForce Now. Apparently Death Stranding is available on GeForce Now, so that might be worth looking into.
@Zochmenos Now that would be sweet
@Joe_Chip
You're right. I did some reading up on Geforce Now and Steam and it seems some major publishers refuse to let nVidia stream their games :/ To be expected I guess.
Yeah, it’s a shame because it would really open Steam (and competing stores) up on other platforms but, as you say, it’s not unexpected. I do think publishers are being a bit shortsighted as Geforce Now could actually help drive sales on Steam. In fact I know people without powerful PCs who’ve been buying games on Steam and using Geforce Now to play them.
A quick question based on this, would game pass ultimate users be able to play xbox game pass pc games using this method?
I just hope Microsoft holds off on shutting this down JUST long enough for someone to record themselves playing Horizon Zero Dawn lmao because that would infuriate some people, and that will amuse me
@Chadm93 Once xCloud gets the much anticipated browser functionality, yes. We'll have to wait and see, though.
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