Xbox boss Phil Spencer got into a big, long discussion with IGN as part of the outlet's IGN Unlocked 500 podcast a couple of days ago, and one of the questions that was posed to him related to Xbox Cloud Gaming on Xbox One.
It has already been mentioned that Microsoft will bring next-gen games to Xbox One (such as Microsoft Flight Simulator) via Xbox Cloud Gaming in the future, and Spencer pointed out that xCloud served as a "great bridge opportunity" for Microsoft to support Xbox One customers "as long as we possibly can".
He highlighted the new Microsoft Edge browser coming to Xbox consoles as a way of doing this, but warned that, obviously, there will come a point in the future where it might not be possible to keep supporting old systems.
Xbox One games are still coming thick and fast right now, of course, but as they do start to slow down, it's great to know that we'll able to play the likes of Microsoft Flight Simulator on Xbox One as well. Spencer made sure to mention that the experience won't rival actually plugging in an Xbox Series X and playing the game on local hardware, but the ability to give last-gen customers a sample of next-gen experiences is very much "the plan" right now.
What do you think of this cloud gaming strategy from Xbox? Give us your thoughts down in the comments.
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My take on Sony on a current thread on Push Square, GHOST OF T upgrade costs for PS5.
Sony love a cash grab, but I guess they know their business well enough to do it.
Also Doom External PS5 upgrade you can’t bring your PS4 safe over, you have to start again.
£70 games
Sony are the kings at the moment, but they not being that consumer friendly.
Perhaps they are turning into their TV division slowly, more expensive with no real advantage over other top end competition models with less features and HDMI 2.1 sockets. No ALLM, No VRR.
I’m beginning not to like Sony, they have already lost my new TV sale with this year’s 2021 models.
I decided to give Xbox Cloud Gaming a go yesterday on my Safari browser and the experience I had was similar to experiencing a new console for the first time. I was absolutely amazed that I was laying down in my bed playing games like Banjo-Kazooie, Peggle 2 and DOOM 64 literally on my web browser! You can log in from anywhere, connect a controller through Bluetooth and you're all set to go. This is literally the future of gaming and even though there's still lag from time to time as well as input delay, the potential for something great is definitely there.
@LtSarge
I need to give cloud ago I have GPU and series x
But have not tried cloud gaming yet.
@Dezzy70 Absolutely worth giving it a shot, it opens up so many possibilities for where you can play. Not to mention that it syncs with your save files on Xbox. You can start playing on Series X and continue on your computer from your last save without having to transfer save files or anything like that. You also don't need to download 100 GB games, you just boot them up after 10-15 seconds and you're ready to go.
Cloud Gaming honestly feels like magic to me, lol. It's amazing.
@LtSarge
I will admit I prefer gaming the premium series x experience on my tv, but for some fun on the old lesser games it should good for me.
I wonder if there will ever be on article on here where someone doesn't bash sony in the comments even when the article itself doesn't mention sony at all? Still in everyone's minds it Seems.
On a side note I think it's time to bring gamepass to TVs aswell, it's on console, pc, tablets, mobiles and Web browsers. All that's left is to bring it to TVs and maybe fire sticks/now tv boxes.
Giving more people access to games is always good. Hopefully gaming can bring a few smiles to some more people
@UltimateOtaku91
Fair enough, they just get annoying more their tv division lately. But I acted with with my money and they lost a new tv sale. So that’s cool.
But fair point you made.
Let’s remember the once top tv brand is now third behind Samsung and LG, due to technology lacking and bad consumer support and cost.
Just hoping is not rubbing off into their gaming division.
I mean you have a console you can’t even upgrade the internal fast ssd memory 7 months on.
I really do like MS, such a change from the disappointment at the beginning of last gen.
As for comparing to Sony, imho there isn't a comparison to make. It's hands down MS, and hope that more people see this week by week, and console sales increase accordingly.
Funnily enough, I'm wondering about how streaming cloud to XSS !? Does that even make sense lol?
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