{"id":319835,"date":"2021-08-10T01:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsofts-latest-cloud-everywhere-ambitions-arrive-on-xbox-and-pc-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T01:04:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:04:38","slug":"microsofts-latest-cloud-everywhere-ambitions-arrive-on-xbox-and-pc-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsofts-latest-cloud-everywhere-ambitions-arrive-on-xbox-and-pc-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft\u2019s Latest Cloud Everywhere Ambitions Arrive on Xbox and Pc \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Microsoft\u2019s Latest Cloud Everywhere Ambitions Arrive on Xbox and Pc \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Josh Hendrickson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Microsoft\u2019s cloud ambitions are growing and growing. Eventually, you may not need to own a PC anymore because it will exist in the cloud. And expensive consoles? You may not need one of those either. Microsoft\u2019s latest Xbox PC app proves that<\/a>\u2014and then some.<\/p>\n

The company unveiled a new beta test for Xbox Insiders that makes Cloud gaming more accessible: an Xbox PC app<\/a> can play Xbox game<\/a>s through the cloud. If you\u2019re Xbox Insider, you can try it right now; you\u2019ll just need to update the Xbox PC app. Once you do, you can start playing Xbox games: even if you don\u2019t have an Xbox plugged in anywhere.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s thanks to half of Microsoft\u2019s cloud capabilities. Out in the world somewhere, Microsoft installed a countless number of Xbox One X consoles into its server rooms, and those will eventually be replaced by Xbox Series<\/a> X consoles. In an instant, they can become your Xbox console. With the new Xbox PC app, you can check out Cloud Gaming and instantly start playing any one of over a hundred games, even if you don\u2019t have it installed on your PC or Xbox.<\/p>\n

That last bit is phenomenal, provided you have high-speed internet and a Game Pass Ultimate (which is required). Modern Xbox (and Playstation) games take up a ton of room. On the Xbox Series X and PS5, it\u2019s not uncommon to run out of space after installing five or six games, despite housing terabyte hard drives. PC games aren\u2019t much different.<\/p>\n

But streaming a game means skipping the install. This means you can start playing faster, and you don\u2019t lose the space on your hard drive. If you ever didn\u2019t try a game because it\u2019d take too long to download, Cloud Gaming is for you. If you\u2019re unwilling to install games because you just don\u2019t have the room, Cloud Gaming is for you.<\/p>\n

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Josh Hendrickson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But it\u2019s not just Microsoft\u2019s cloud support you get in this test. You may have noticed that you can only stream around 100 games through Cloud Gaming. And that does leave a lot of notable exceptions, like Microsoft\u2019s Flight Simulator<\/em>, which just arrived on Xbox Series X. That\u2019s only half-accurate. You can only stream 100 games from Microsoft\u2019s servers. But if you own an Xbox, you can use xCloud to stream any game you have installed on your console to your PC\u2014even\u00a0Flight Simulator<\/em>.<\/p>\n

That last one is notable for multiple reasons. Microsoft promised that all of its games would come to Game Pass (and, by extension Cloud Gaming). But\u00a0Flight Simulator<\/em> didn\u2019t come to Cloud Gaming. That\u2019s because Microsoft hasn\u2019t finished upgrading its server hardware to Xbox Series X blades yet, so they can\u2019t run the game. And\u00a0Flight Simulator<\/em> clocks in at over 100 GBs. Installing it on your console and your PC would be excessive.<\/p>\n

But xCloud lets you skip that and play any game you like; from\u00a0Final Fantasy XV<\/em> to\u00a0Elite Dangerous,<\/em> you can stream it from your console to your PC without enduring download and install times. The only bottleneck is your network. Eventually, even Xbox One owners will benefits. Microsoft says in the future Xbox One consoles will be able to play Xbox Series X games through xCloud.<\/p>\n

If Microsoft keeps up this pace, the day could come when you won\u2019t own any hardware beyond a phone and a tablet. You wouldn\u2019t need to. Instead, you\u2019d connect your phone to a TV and controller or a monitor and keyboard, then activate the cloud device you want. Your phone can be an Xbox. Your tablet can be a PC. And when you\u2019re done with one, they can become the other, or neither.<\/p>\n

For some people, physical hardware will always be the best choice. But it\u2019s worth paying attention to the fact that forgoing hardware entirely IS a choice now.<\/p>\n

Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n