Xbox Cloud Gaming: Price, platforms and everything you need to know
(Pocket-lint) — Microsoft has its own cloud gaming platform.
Called Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — often referred to as Xbox Cloud Gaming — it offers more than 300 Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and original Xbox games to be played on PC, Mac, Chromebook, Samsung Smart TVs, Android and iOS devices over a data connection. Xbox Game Pass members can also use it to play many games on their consoles without having to download them.
Microsoft even hopes to introduce its own streaming stick in the future.
So, here's everything you need to know about the Xbox cloud games service, including what devices are compatible and the available games.
Called «Project xCloud» during its earlier days, Xbox Cloud Gaming is Microsoft's game streaming platform. It runs as a complementary service to its Xbox One and Xbox Series X / Series S games consoles and is available in 28 countries as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership.
It is a streaming service, in that all games are hosted on custom Xbox Series X hardware located at remote servers around the world. Live gameplay video is sent to a compatible device over the internet. In return, controller codes are sent in the other direction so, for all intents and purposes, it feels like you are playing a game loaded on the device itself.
It is not a new idea; there are others on the market, such as Nvidia's GeForce Now. However, Microsoft's service is not currently a separate offering — it is a no-cost addition to its existing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership scheme.
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Microsoft believes Cloud Gaming is one of the best game streaming services around because it utlises the firm's enormous network of data centres around the world. This ensures game
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