All Game Pass games will have the ability to stream. And in addition to Game Pass games, publishers have the choice to enable their games for game streaming as well. (those games will still need to be purchased but one would assume they will be playable on PC, Xbox and Streaming).
So, so far there are 50 games that are enabled for streaming. Some are included in the Game Pass sub, some will need to be purchased individually. (you may already own a lot of them). One would hope that all of the Xbox Catalog will be enabled to be streamed, but I doubt it since business deals will probably get in the way. Will Doom be able to be streamed via xCloud when they have a deal with Google?
All Game Pass games will have the ability to stream. And in addition to Game Pass games, publishers have the choice to enable their games for game streaming as well. (those games will still need to be purchased but one would assume they will be playable on PC, Xbox and Streaming).
So, so far there are 50 games that are enabled for streaming. Some are included in the Game Pass sub, some will need to be purchased individually. (you may already own a lot of them). One would hope that all of the Xbox Catalog will be enabled to be streamed, but I doubt it since business deals will probably get in the way. Will Doom be able to be streamed via xCloud when they have a deal with Google?
Currently, all 50 of those games are streamable whether you own them or not.
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"Do I need to buy or own content for Project xCloud (Preview)?
Nope! For the Project xCloud (Preview), you do not need to buy or own any content. You will stream directly from the cloud, which includes access to the games during the lifespan of the preview period. If you wish to purchase one of the games, your cloud save will work between Project xCloud (Preview) and your Xbox One Console."
Well yeah, that is just the preview. You will have to purchase them when its officially out. Unless you think EA is going to give away Madden etc..As of right now, you don't have to be subbed to GP or own any of the game in the xCloud preview in order to play them. Also, you don't need to Live Gold to access multiplayer either.
Well yeah, that is just the preview. You will have to purchase them when its officially out. Unless you think EA is going to give away Madden etc..
Well yeah, that is just the preview. You will have to purchase them when its officially out. Unless you think EA is going to give away Madden etc..
No worries
yeah i have been leaning that way thinking it will be free, especially with Google doing the same. But Phil did mention in that giant bomb interview that there will be a cost involved. I certainly don't want to pay a fee to be able to buy games and stream them. So we'll see.Well of course not. I think the fact they said you can buy a game on xCloud with no console makes me believe that xCloud will be free to anyone that buys a game digitally and won't require GP. GP will obviously have all it's games available in xCloud so they're building up that value proposition but I don't think that it or Gold will be required to just stream a game that you purchased but they'll be heavily recommended.
They explicitly said that xCloud from your console, aka remote play, will be free. Kinda hinting that there will be some cost for actual xCloud.Well of course not. I think the fact they said you can buy a game on xCloud with no console makes me believe that xCloud will be free to anyone that buys a game digitally and won't require GP. GP will obviously have all it's games available in xCloud so they're building up that value proposition but I don't think that it or Gold will be required to just stream a game that you purchased but they'll be heavily recommended.
You haven't done much research have youIt supports DS4? This is essentially a vastly superior Stadia then.
They explicitly said that xCloud from your console, aka remote play, will be free. Kinda hinting that there will be some cost for actual xCloud.
If so, at least they are changing it to what it properly should be called. But they did say what I said before.xCloud is explicitly the cloud based service, console streaming is what they call the free 'remote play' service. In the Xbox Game Streaming app, you switch between those two named options.
Probably due to Apple having a ridiculous amount of restrictions. Apple stinks.Why it is Android-only? Apple introduced controller support in iOS 13. I know that is just a beta, but developing two apps on two different OS is not so difficult for a brand like MS.
Why it is Android-only? Apple introduced controller support in iOS 13. I know that is just a beta, but developing two apps on two different OS is not so difficult for a brand like MS.
Why it is Android-only? Apple introduced controller support in iOS 13. I know that is just a beta, but developing two apps on two different OS is not so difficult for a brand like MS.
PSNow supports XBox controller too, I've used it.I had already seen videos of people using a Dualshock with xCloud preview lol
I bought a case for my DS4 to use for all my streaming because Sony only supports DS4
This. I have amazing internet in a country with an Azure data centre, but they won't let us in.
Which thread should we generally use, this one or the impressions thread? I feel like the impressions thread is good because it has a lot of...impressions?
I managed to have a useable gaming session on 4g (three network) in stansted airport. There were some hitches in streaming, mainly sounds rather than video, but I managed to play for 30-40 minutes relatively happily.
I've mainly been sticking with battle chasers, as so far I've found lag etc to be a bit fiddly. I did load up subnautica for a bit to get the second achievement I needed for the rewards points.
Next time I'd be tempted to push it a bit further and try Hitman, and bang out some more cheevos on that.
Yeah - i've posted in it a bit - we just have a bit of a split between the two threads :-)
I could try and get the thread renamed?Yeah - i've posted in it a bit - we just have a bit of a split between the two threads :-)
Ringten - head to the xbox website and register for xcloud. It's a preview programme so you have to wait/hope you get accepted.
head to the xbox website and register for xcloud. It's a preview programme so you have to wait/hope you get accepted.
Yeah sorry - I nearly added that! It's US, UK and "Korea". I'm assuming they mean South Korea, I guess because it has ridiculous internet there.Cheers did that! However think it's a US/UK thing atm.. not netherlands lol
They explicitly said that xCloud from your console, aka remote play, will be free. Kinda hinting that there will be some cost for actual xCloud.
Yeah sorry - I nearly added that! It's US, UK and "Korea". I'm assuming they mean South Korea, I guess because it has ridiculous internet there.
You CAN sign up for console streaming, where you stream from your own xbox to a mobile. It's fairly easy to get into the insider programme, and then sign up for this. You need a minimum of 5MB/s per second UPLOAD though. The console tests it before turning on streaming.
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Phil actually briefly mentioned in his Giant Bomb interview that they were considering letting you opt in to use your xbox for other people to stream from. Effectively you'd loan your box (and internet upload bandwidth) to the cloud solution.
He waved his hands quite a bit, said he'd get in trouble for raising it, and that they didn't really have an idea of how it would work in practice (e.g. would you accrus points, or gamepass time for loaning your box? what if you loan your box and no-one uses it etc etc).
It's a very interesting idea though!
Here's something to think about, MS and Sony are going to use Azure for their cloud streaming tech. MS is implementing Xbox hardware on the servers for game streaming. Per Brad Sams, MS will not allow any 3rd party to put their own racks in their Azure servers. So ps5 games not only need to run on console, but also on Azure servers running on xbox hardware????? The paradox begins haha :)