Xbox Series X-quality streaming now available on PC and iOS through Game Pass

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Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on PC and iOS devices for all Xbox Game Pass Ulti💞mate members, and it's even running on improved har🐷dware.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft has been working on bringing cloud gaming to more and more platforms, and it started invite-only testing of PC and iOS streaming for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:back in April. You still need to be an ♔Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber to use Xbox Cloud Gaming, but now you don't need a special invite to play - if you're on PC or iOS, just point your browser (Edge, Chrome, and iOS Safari are all currently supported) to xbox.com/play and get started. If you're on Android, you'll still need to play through the dedicated Xbox Game Pass app.

In addition to opening up new platforms with a massive number of potential players, Xbox Cloud Gaming has seen another big upgrade as it's now "powered by custom 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X hardware". The streaming service previously targeted an Xbox One-like experience, so this means both im🌠proved visuals and faster load times; the service now streams at 1080p and up to 60 frames per second, though your own particular network conditions will play a big role in what kind of experience you get.

I just booted up Yakuza 5 Rem🍷astered on my browser to give it a quick try - I'm currently playing through the same game on my PS4 so it seemed like a good test case - and I was impressed by how everything just clicked. Even a little warning it gave me about not having a controller connected was solved by simply pressing a button on my Xbox gamepad, which I keep synced with my PC via wireless dongle. It's worth pointing out that I ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚdo use Edge, so I'm not sure if the process is still as smooth if you venture outside of Microsoft's little ecosystem.

The game image itself was a bit more blurry than I was used to, and there was a very slight control input delay, but if I wasn't looking at it almost literally side-by-side with a version running on local hardware I doubt it would bother me much. Not to get too starry eyed here, but if Microsoft really stays committed to building out Game Pass this way, it could really be a paradigm shift in how we think about where games are played and by whom. Looking back at all the new Game Pass announcements in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox E3 2021 showcase, that sure seems like the plan.

GR's Josh West argues that both Game Pass and the Bethesda acquisition have made Xbox Series X impossibly attractive.

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