In 2020, Microsoft launched Xbox Cloud Gaming and allowed gamers to stream titles from the Xbox Game Pass library. However not each sport was out there on Game Pass, which put limits on which titles could possibly be accessed. Now, Microsoft is reportedly planning to develop its streaming choices to incorporate video games that are not part of Xbox Game Pass, so long as they’re owned by the gamers themselves.
In accordance with The Verge, Microsoft is planning to start testing this new possibility on the Xbox Cloud Gaming servers with Xbox Insiders as quickly as subsequent month. The report notes that Microsoft has been constructing in direction of this second for a while by upgrading the capabilities of Xbox Cloud Gaming to deal with hundreds of video games. However the firm has to make sure that these expanded capabilities will maintain up beneath strain earlier than rolling them out to Game Pass subscribers.
Earlier this week, Xbox confirmed that as of November, gamers will likely be in a position purchase or play Xbox video games on the Xbox App on Android. And as soon as the brand new streaming possibility turns into out there, purchases on Android will instantly be out there to stream regardless of which units gamers are utilizing. As a part of Epic Video games’ lawsuit win over Google, Microsoft will be capable to sidestep Google Play and keep away from giving the corporate a minimize of its gross sales.
Moreover, Microsoft continues to be planning to construct its personal Xbox cell retailer app. That may initially concentrate on offers and in-sport objects earlier than ultimately together with Microsoft’s first-get together video games. Nonetheless, the brand new Xbox cell retailer is not able to launch but.