Jericho13371596d ago

Xcloud is great for playing online multiplayer games couch coop. I play Sea of Thieves this way all the time.

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Orchard1597d ago

Seems like this will be the easiest way to play really. Better than installing an app.

roadkillers1596d ago

It's definitely gotten support. Post this a little over a year ago and you would have 5 upvotes and 45 downvotes. Xcloud is cheap and at my convenience. Has great games I've never played. Very content

Tacoboto1596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

Not xCloud, but just console streaming through the iOS app - Halo MCC I was able to win a match and feel good at it, and inconsequential games like Call of the Sea and The Medium feel as good as TV play.

If any random someone with an iPad or even a Kindle tablet can connect their DS4 and enjoy this, heck yes

spwittbold1597d ago

Notice how competition drives innovation.
Also, this is direct proof that Microsoft - while in third place this generation - has made gaming better for everyone. Credit where credit is due.

S2Killinit1596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

I think this option will be detrimental to gaming in general, but more specifically, it will be horrible for console gaming.

I think when people defend this, they’ve abandoned being fans of consoles, and instead have become fans of companies. If we are being honest with ourselves, its actually very apparent.

Orchard1596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

@S2Killinit I dunno about you but I’m a fan of gaming/games, not consoles or companies.

I couldn’t care less what device I’m playing on as long as the games are good, prices are good and I can play where and when I want to.

How would adding a new, easy way to play, and play anywhere - be detrimental to gaming? That is just pure rabid fanboyism.

stiggs1596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

@S2Killinit

"instead have become fans of companies"

These is no way that you could have said this with a straight face. You are one of the biggest Sony fanboys on this site.

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Pricey1596d ago

Streaming games is not better than playing them locally, you could argue that Microsoft is making gaming worse.

Rocosaurus1596d ago

Sure, You could make that arrangement, but you would be wrong. Having more options and access is a good thing.

Pricey1596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

@Rocosaurus More options is not always good. It's better to do one thing well than do many things poorly.

Zhipp1596d ago

Better still to do multiple things well, no? Actually for a company the size of Microsoft it's a necessity.

Besides, it just makes sense to have both streaming and local options for a service like this. Cover all your bases. Video streaming sites do the same thing.

Orchard1596d ago

By that logic Sony, Nintendo and NVidia are all making gaming worse too.

Notellin1596d ago

Everyone is streaming games. Quit acting like Microsoft is the first or the last. Sony got into cloud much sooner than Microsoft but you'd never admit that.

Pricey1596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

Who said anything about Sony or Nintendo. Oh that's right the fanboys did, and all because I played devils advocate against the company they bought something from.

May your purchase be validated, and may you never have to make an objective statement about said purchase ever again.

Just so you know I don't like cloud gaming period.

Pricey1596d ago

Orchard, yes... they are. But the article wasn't, here's a first look at Sony's web streaming service. Triggered?

Class_Viceroy1596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

I kind of agree and think the GamePass model is dangerous if it becomes the norm. It could easily become a “live service” model fiasco in future where the quality is sacrificed for quantity in the form of “future promises”

And especially considering the first big swing Microsoft has taken in exclusive games was The Medium, and it was kind of a dud. I’d rather them pump more effort into the quality of those games rather than the ability to stream games anywhere.

That being said, I do use Cloud gaming a lot because it’s nice to play single player games, or do my bounties for Destiny 2 in bed while chilling with my wife. But I do crave better exclusives more than a library of older games I can stream

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GrmpyolGamer 1596d ago

What's better or worse is relative to what individual people want. More options is always good

King_Noctis1596d ago

Is xCloud the only platform Microsoft is offering?

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PrinceAli1596d ago

are you gonna explain how lol...?

Elda1597d ago

Too bad the streaming resolution won't be 1440p or higher.

gamer78041596d ago

It’s not meant to replace hardware consoles, but nice to get some quests done while away from home.

Orchard1596d ago

It will be soon - they already said they’re going to put Series X in Azure this year.

Charlieboy3331596d ago (Edited 1596d ago )

Wow. Just look at all those blockbuster titles that will stay with you for weeks afterwards.....thinking 'why did I even waste 10 minutes of my life on this'.

Charlieboy3331596d ago

I forgot to add. Three great movies that blow your mind and that you love to re-watch are worth way more than 50 movies you couldn't even get through the first 10 minutes of because they were so boring and crap. Same with games, but even MORE so because they can take 10's of hours of your time. So before you wake up and realise time has flown and you are no longer a 'young' gamer anymore, make sure that you spent your time on games that left a mark on you after you completed them. You are wasting time with this Microsoft crap.

Tedakin1596d ago

I bet you're fun at parties.

Stanjara1596d ago

Yeah I don't want to pay for crap games...I don't mean they are all crap...but a few that are I don't want to support.
Like with cable tv...5 programs that you want to watch, and a hundred crap ones that get funded buy your subscription.

Tedakin1596d ago

That can be said for every streaming service on Earth. Do you have Netflix? Most people do.... 90% of the stuff on there you'll never watch. 1% of the stuff on there is amazing.

King_Noctis1596d ago

What the heck are you even on about mate?

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After years of waiting, Xbox Cloud Gaming's "Stream Your Own Game" feature is going live today.

Xbox Cloud Gaming victory: Finally, after years of waiting, you can now play (some of) your Xbox games on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

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darthv72222d ago

Oh what timing... now that Portal is offering cloud streaming as well.

OtterX221d ago (Edited 221d ago )

Yea, it's incredible having titles available in handheld streaming format without having to have a console on. This is even better for traveling. I was messing around w it for the first time this morning and the quality was so good, I forgot at times that I was actually streaming. (1gbs) any minor imperfections aren't amplified like they would be on a big screen tv.

I guess XBox users can still do it if they have a Steam Deck, ROG etc, so nobody is left out. Streaming like this is best for handheld play IMO.

crazyCoconuts221d ago

I've tried streaming from various hotel chains while traveling. Hotel WiFi in general sucks and that makes streaming untenable

OtterX220d ago

@crazyCoconuts I guess it depends on your traveling style. I usually stay in privately owned hostels across our country who tend to invest more in good internet. I always check with them before I book.

OtterX220d ago

I just tested the Portal from our new home we're moving into, a 2 hour drive away and in the rural countryside where we have to run Starlink. No fibre available here, but getting 357 mbs, and I'm streaming my PS5 from our 1gbs at our old home. It's streaming perfectly, so not sure what you're going on about @crazycoconuts.

Neonridr220d ago

*for select titles, for premium members only..

Vits220d ago

What bothers me about this new Xbox offering is that you still need a Game Pass Ultimate subscription to play. It’s not like Stadia, where you could buy the game and play it without needing a subscription, which was only for extra features. So, who is this really meant for?

To use the service, you’d need to buy the game and keep paying for Game Pass Ultimate. That’s asking a lot, especially since Xbox console owners, who are probably the main audience for this, would likely prefer to just download the game and play it directly on their consoles. There’s a small case to be made for Xbox owners who travel often, but how big could that group really be?

As for Sony, their approach to streaming is also strange. They limit how games can be streamed locally. For example, the mobile app allows screen controls but doesn’t support most physical controllers, only the DualSense and, for some games, the DS4. Their reasoning seems to be that these controllers are needed for the proper features—yet the app lets you play with screen controls, and there’s even a third-party app that works with any controller.

Then there’s the Portal, which is basically a DualSense with a screen and an internet connection. But it’s only now getting cloud streaming, even though there’s no technical reason it couldn’t have had this from the start.

Bathyj220d ago

I was going to ask is this not what Portal is doing?

Are you telling me after all these years of bathering about cloud streaming you couldn't play your own games? WTactualF?

darthv72220d ago (Edited 220d ago )

playing your own games via streaming required the console (ala remote play). Now you can stream games you own without the need for the console to be on.

the xcloud beta was only for gamepass ultimate games and now you can stream ones you own regardless if they are in GPU or not.

Knushwood Butt220d ago

Power of da cloud, just a few years late.

redrum06220d ago

Still, that's for the Playstation Plus Premium/Extra library. This is for streaming games you own, which would've been nice to have on PS as well.

Kyizen220d ago

Different. Portal is catching up to Xbox Cloud Streaming but Xbox is catching up to Portal remote play feature it had at launch

darthv72220d ago

XB has always been able to stream games you own from the console (ala remote play).
The xcloud side let you stream without the console but only games in game pass.
NOW it is letting you stream games you own through xcloud without them needing to be in game pass.

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MaximusPrime_221d ago

Thanks goodness for PS Portal. I don't even own Xbox

Giodel221d ago

omg I AM SO SO SO SOSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired of this sites PS fanatism. This is an XBOX post for something XBOX does why do you have to go and mention portal? WHY tell me WHY?

VersusDMC221d ago

All the Fck horizon, Concord, PS5 pro articles and comments really make it a ps fanatic site...are you delusional?

Redgrave221d ago

Such is the nature of any gaming related website. It is inevitable. Unavoidable.

Some do it out of passion, some out of self amusement, and some just wish to sow pointless discourse.

Xbox posts will have Playstation comments and vice versa. Here, there, everywhere.

Nooderus221d ago

VersusDMC Yes i think most of the people that frequent this site have a positive sony bias.

Rockstar221d ago

Alright, calm down! It's just the Internet

redrum06220d ago

I know, N4G is known to be a PS centric fanboy site, it's ridiculous. Instead of constantly downplaying Xbox in whatever they do, maybe just be happy for the other. Competition is a good thing to have.

Michiel1989220d ago

@nooderus I honetly think there's nothing wrong with bias, but it really does seem that critical thinking goes out the window because of it, that part I just don't understand. Wouldn't people want the company/product or what have you to do the best they can instead of accepting everything they shovel towards you because you like them?

Gamingsince1981220d ago

Every site is playstation biased, because every one likes playstation and xbox is dead, what do you expect. That's like saying "this food site has a biased towards good food but everyone hates eating poo, it's so unfair to poo eaters"

cooperdnizzle220d ago

Well if you were on this site like 15 years ago you would know, that it was 99% Xbox fans and if you were Sony fans you had to fight tooth and nail to just say a game was good.

Second people like PS now days because it is by far the better platform.

Nacho_Z220d ago

Only seems that way ("PS fanatism") because Sony is currently on top. Naturally there will be more positive articles and comments about the front runner.

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GotGame818221d ago (Edited 221d ago )

Sure, you can't leave the house with it, and play. Wii U did that YEARS ago right out of the box. You can cloud play, literally anywhere.

crazyCoconuts221d ago

Are you sure your Portal... Isn't an Xbox??

TheEroica220d ago

"thank goodness" 😂 what a shill.... The portal is a joke... One that only Sony could get away with on its soft brained fan base.

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neomahi221d ago

I really don't think Nintendo and PlayStation need to get caught up in this. Streaming isn't the future, yet and there's no rush to get into that market. If Nintendo is still selling a mass number of Nintendo Switch consoles, what does that tell you? It tells you Xbox is trying to stay relevant and bring everyone along with them, but, like PlayStation's own fans have been telling PlayStation "THATS NOT WHAT WE WANT" and PlayStation is learning the hard way they're not listening to their consumers like they were with the PS3 and PS5. But, this isn't what people want yet. Nintendos dabbling in it and PlayStation has been doing it since they acquired Gaikai, but it's never stuck. People that have been streaming movies and ditching it and collecting physical media again, it's slowly going back in that direction and they'll tell their gaming brethren not to fall for it. Theyre getting physical media and loading it on to their own servers to run on home servers within their walls THEY control, not the corporations that sell them a license, not a product they pay for and own. Imagine buying cloths or your house that can be repossessed whenever Nike, DC, Vans, or Reebok want to take back because it goes out of style when they say so.

Streaming may be the future but it's the distant future. Internet service providers can't even sustain that. Data caps still exist and internet isn't that fast as it's most affordable prices. You're attacking a REALLY niche market that's going to be received as well as the PS5 Pro. Xbox killed their brand with the Xbox One that wanted to integrate streaming into their games to further try and sell and incentivise Xbox Live and we saw that went. Streaming could very well cause the next gaming crash, is how I see it. The rest of the tech world isn't ready for that, especially during yet another trying economy

cooperdnizzle220d ago

Hey dude they can take your house back. It’s called property tax. Paying for something you already own.

But I agree, I have already had digital games taken from me. Sucks

jznrpg221d ago (Edited 221d ago )

More options are good but streaming as a whole has a lot of issues. I will always prefer dedicated hardware. I’m bring my PS with me when I travel. Internet is not good traveling

darthv72221d ago (Edited 221d ago )

A PS5 (even slim) does not make for a good travel companion. Meaning on the go, not in a closed environment like a hotel room, but on a plane or a train or an automobile... this is what works in all of those situations: https://images.purexbox.com...

Its nice an compact but obviously still bigger than a handheld. If you want that 'console' experience that is.

Rashers220d ago

That still requires power leads for both the console and screen.

127maXimus221d ago

Yeah but you would still have to buy them for Xbox.

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With Owned Xbox Games Finally Playable via the Cloud - the Promise of Stadia Returns

After some false starts over the past 24 hours, playing your owned games on Xbox Cloud Gaming is live. The cloud console officially returns! Is it Stadia's promise finally fulfilled?

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anast222d ago

I told you all. Here is comes.

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Eonjay221d ago

Playstation was already doing this with Premium. A lot of the games I own are streamavle on PS5. I assume they will eventually add access to the Portal.

NotoriousWhiz221d ago

False. Only games Playstation allows you to stream are those available on PSN premium regardless of whether or not you own them.

What Microsoft is beginning to do is enable streaming of some titles even though they aren't part of game pass (as long as they are owned by the user)

Eonjay220d ago

It's not false. I bought Final Fantasy Rebirth on PSN and I can still stream it to my PS5 even though it's not part of Plus. Same with many many other titles. PlayStation has allowed this since they revamped their streaming service like a tear ago. This will eventually come to Portal streaming during the beta I am sure.

gold_drake222d ago

yeh, we all saw what happened to it.

peppeaccardo221d ago

Whoever decided that gaming streaming was actually a thing to charge customers for is a F-ing genius .... even playstation portal lags and is only few feet away !from the PS5! Simply Why ? ... Why ?

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Coming to Game Pass: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, StarCraft & StarCraft II, and More

Happy spooky season to those who celebrate! We have a collection of scary games for you to enjoy with Game Pass, while hiding under the blankets (or maybe that’s just how I play). And if you want to do something slightly less scary, we have a whole list of games for you to start pre-installing including more day one additions like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more! Let’s get to the games.

• South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 16
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
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• Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
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crazyCoconuts258d ago

Let the COD on GamePass experiment begin!
I would think their quarterly revenue will take a hit compared to a year ago, but will maybe make up for it throughout the year as the monthly GP subs keep coming in

pwnmaster3000258d ago

Was up with call of duty man?
I downloaded cod on gamepass and for some reason I cannot access the game.

darthv72258d ago

just curious what version? There are some that you can pre-load, but they wont work until their release date later this month.

pwnmaster3000258d ago

I have to redownload it again for the 3rd time to check.
I ended up just deleting it to make room for other games after the second time.

It was on Xbox game pass, I didn’t know there was other versions. I just downloaded everything, but sadly I couldn’t even access the game. Maybe 3rd time the charm. I’ll download it again.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH258d ago

It’s not out yet man unless you’re talking about MW3.

pwnmaster3000258d ago

I’m talking about mw3. For some reason I could not get it to work.

just_looken258d ago

On xbox there is the last gen/current gen versions pc though you could also get a xbox version.

When that new forza first came out for one day they had the xbox version on the pc store i was like ? what it was odd.

On xbox you can easily download the one version of a game instead of the series version so you run into issues on your series console.

pwnmaster3000258d ago

Because a game won’t run after I download it??
Man your kids must hate your @ss if that’s how you think.

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dveio258d ago

It's going to be very interesting to follow up on how the new entry of CoD will perform at the box office, player numbers and distribution of Xbox, PC and PS versions this year.

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DivineHand125258d ago

I got excited thinking they ported StarCraft to consoles but it's just the PC version. Also, I thought Starcraft 2 was already free to play.

TheColbertinator258d ago

I'm certain it is going to be the Campaign Collection version.

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