XXL
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Xbox Cloud Gaming will let you stream your own games in November
You’ll finally be able to stream games you own through Xbox Cloud Gaming.
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Aguero9320
Member
Yes please. Hopefully it will expand into the Geforce Now partnership as well...
mayham2199
Member
I wonder which publishers decided to not allow their games.
soulbait
Member
Now I want Xbox to make a device like the PS Portal that can stream both local games and Cloud games. I think that would be great. And think about it, someone could actually just buy the device and stream from xcloud only, even buying games and streaming that way (not that I would recommend it).
SEGAvangelist
Member
They need to improve a lot about xCloud before I care. Low quality bit rate at 1080p with latency just isn't good enough when Stadia was doing 4K, HDR, lower latency and surround sound years ago.
LordBritish
Member
I want to say I have over 400 games, mostly from all those games with gold monthly games..
this is pretty awesome if so.... now give us the Xbox Jr. Portable soon!!!
this is pretty awesome if so.... now give us the Xbox Jr. Portable soon!!!
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I have Red Dead 2 and Elden Ring stuck on the Series X I no longer own. Does that mean I can still play them without having to rebuy them on PC?
SEGAvangelist
Member
I don't think those 2 are Play Anywhere, so no.
SportsFan581
Member
Great news. Always a nice bonus feature to have.
ThisIsMyDog
Member
Sorry, but if xCloud keeps the stream quality they have now, I wouldn't touch this even if someone threatened me with a gun. It’s that bad. It’s like finding out your wife is sleeping with her manager—or even worse. It’s like killing the next Jesus. Disgusting image quality.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
There is no way it won't require ultimate.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Strike it up as another pointless endeavour in that case.
ThisIsMyDog
Member
If that service won't get GTA VI day one then everyone in Microsoft responsible for xcloud should be fired for wasting huge business opportunity.
Why would they let you reserve Xbox Series hardware in the cloud for free, or for just $5 monthly?
reinking
Gold Member
I am not trying to make a console warrior comment, but I can stream PS games I own free. I was hoping that is what MS is doing. Are they going to host all of these games and you stream directly from them?
Banjo64
cumsessed
Why TF would I want to reserve the old ass Series hardware at £14.99 a month when you have stuff like GeForce now offering a free tier with 1 hour sessions or their priority service @ £49 for 6 months (which dumps on xCloud quality wise)
Quasicat
Member
If you’re talking about remote play, streaming from the console, then yes both the PS5 and Xbox do that. Unfortunately streaming from the cloud costs money on both services. You need PS Plus Premuim and Game Pass Ultimate to stream games from the cloud. It’s free to remote play from your console.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
XCloud is only on ultimate right now so... Yah ?
Also, about time. This was a long time coming.
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Apples to oranges comparison. You’d have to buy the games all over again on GeForce Now. And it’s certainly not worth it for anyone to pay for GP Ultimate solely to stream games.
Agreed that XCloud needs a significant quality bump.
that’s what it means, yes.
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VAVA Mk2
Member
Yes. The term you are looking for is "windowing."
Why does the scaremongering always start when it’s console?
GeForce Now has been operating on the exact same premise for years and it hasn’t ushered in the apocalypse yet. Or looked likely to.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I dont do Xbox streaming, but is it limited to only certain games? Or all games you own can be streamed?
It sounds like in the thread, only some games allow streaming from your games library?
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
360 games on PC (via streaming) finally!
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Kacho
Gold Member
“Scaremongering” lol
It was a simple question, and a valid one at that. I don’t consider your feelings for a mega corp when I post.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
This is hilarious. So MS is supposed to let everyone use X cloud for free? I could see a free version with 1 hour limit and long wait times like Nvidia, but just a straight up free service? Sony doesn't even provide cloud saves for free lol
Kacho
Gold Member
Thanks. Never knew the name of the practice. Hopefully they never do that with games we purchased but I’m not counting on it.
SportsFan581
Member
Cloud has real costs to operate, so, I can't see any successful service running for free. At least not for long.
Plus, the Nvidia free tier leaves a lot to be desired. Seems like they use a very slow (for gaming) distributed storage on that, trying to run in anything UE5 is painful (massive hitches in the engine streaming, not the video stream) plus you have the wait and the time limits.
Plus, the Nvidia free tier leaves a lot to be desired. Seems like they use a very slow (for gaming) distributed storage on that, trying to run in anything UE5 is painful (massive hitches in the engine streaming, not the video stream) plus you have the wait and the time limits.
reinking
Gold Member
Thanks.
I thought XB already had remote play but I have had Game Pass for so long I wasn't sure. Cool. I plan to let Game Pass expire and remote play will take care of any "streaming" need I have.
Esppiral
Member
Maybe I am misunderstanding this but I've allways been able to stream anything from my Xbox to other devices.
Banjo64
cumsessed
You’re working from the assumption that a person has an existing Xbox library, but no PC library.
However GeForce Now links to your Xbox, Steam, Windows, Epic accounts etc and streams those games. You don’t need to build a separate library:
Yes, like Nvidia there should be a free ad supported tier with a 1 hour time restriction. These will be competing services after all.
6 months of Ge Force Priority is £49.99. 6 months of Game Pass Ultimate would be £89.84.
I’ll let you decide on an acceptable price for xCloud but I think tethering it to Ultimate would be an extremely disappointing decision which ensures people who’ve left the ecosystem (like me) won’t be paying anything to access my old library.
Sony are scam artists, why even bring them in to the equation.
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ZehDon
Member
Spencer already addressed that months ago. Their handheld is a local compute device.
You’re working from the assumption that a person has an existing Xbox library, but no PC library.
However GeForce Now links to your Xbox, Steam, Windows, Epic accounts etc and streams those games. You don’t need to build a separate library:
This thread is about being able to stream games you purchase on Xbox. The assumption being that you’ve got an xbox, have a library of purchased xbox games and would like the ability to stream from a cloud console.
At the moment, GFN streams certain games from your GamePass library. Unless that changes to stream your purchased Xbox games, you’re going to have to buy these titles again on PC to stream via GFN.
Of course if all someone wants is to stream games remotely and doesn’t have a large console library, GFN is the better streaming option.
Blessed beard
Neo Member
Great.will they also be raising the streaming quality to an acceptable standard so its actually worth using ?.Xbox Cloud Gaming will let you stream your own games in November
You’ll finally be able to stream games you own through Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Or are they going to carry on like its still 2015
Damageinc103
Member
I think when you stream from cloud you dont have to have your home xbox going……basically just takes out a step unless im mistaken.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Since your console is the streaming active machine, I can't see why one won't run
They can fuck it up thou
