xCloud Coming to Xbox Consoles Eventually | Game Rant

With streaming services becoming the norm for media, Microsoft joined the gaming industry in creating its own streaming service for gaming, xCloud. Xbox has always had big plans for the xCloud streaming service, some of which it hasn’t been able to fulfill yet. However, more news shows this hasn’t stopped the company from pushing its plans to expand the service to other platforms, let alone Xbox consoles.

Since it was released, the Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer has stated Xbox’s ambitions for xCloud have included bringing the service to players across as many devices as possible. The service has certainly faced some issues in doing so, but this hasn’t dissuaded the company from pursuing these plans. Especially when it comes to fulfilling the goal of expanding the service to as many devices as possible. Spencer spoke with IGN on one such plan: bringing xCloud to Xbox consoles.

This first came from Spencer’s response to a fan on Twitter who asked why the Xbox Game Pass service doesn’t stream to the Xbox consoles and PC. He responded that the xCloud team very much plans to bring the streaming service over to both platforms, but it is part of a very long to-do list of things. Earlier this past summer, Xbox announced it planned to have xCloud combine with Xbox Game Pass to allow subscribers to stream their games from the library on phones and tablets. Demonstrating that the company was already working on seriously expanding the streaming service to current-generation consoles.

Spencer would continue to state he wants the service to run smoothly for console and PC players as it does for users on mobile devices. The streaming service is only available to Android phones and tablets at the moment, and Apple blocked xCloud from Apple products due to its new store policies. This keeps Microsoft from streaming games from the Xbox library to Apple devices, which caused a strong reaction from players and customers on the new changes. Not to mention the streaming service is currently unavailable to the Xbox consoles as well, but the company intends to change that.

There were even rumors of iOS testing for xCloud last week that hinted towards more news soon to be revealed, but that remains to be seen. For now, players will still need to use the service on Android devices or download games from the Xbox Game Pass rather than stream them. xCloud has always been an ambitious project for Microsoft, and the company still plans to bring the streaming service to Xbox console and PC for players to enjoy, in due time.

MORE: European Union Responds to Apple Blocking Project xCloud

Source: IGN

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