Google jobbar som bekant på sin Stream-tjänst Stadia och Microsoft filar på något liknande med xCloud. När vi nyligen fick chansen att ha en rejäl pratstund med Xbox marknadschef Aaron Greenberg, så passade vi på att fråga om hur arbetet med detta går. Han svarade:
"I think for xCloud the thing that is interesting is this is tech that allows you to stream, essentially putting a console in the cloud, and then stream those experiences to your mobile devices. I think sometimes people get confused about xCloud intending to change or compete with something in your living room, with the console. A console is purposefully built to be that high-end device that's gonna deliver that high-end, triple-A, premium experience in the living room, and we don't think cloud gaming will be there in an impactful way."
Streamade spel är alltså inget som kommer konkurrera ut konsolupplevelsen i vardagsrummet, enligt Greenberg. Däremot menar han att det fyller sitt syfte ändå:
"But on the go, on a mobile device, the type of resolution, the type of experiences you have there [are] really ideal for cloud gaming and streaming. And today we have this huge library of console games, so if we can bring console-quality games on the go, I think that's a tremendous opportunity. Using Project xCloud or even with our hybrid gaming architecture, you can take your entire games library from your Xbox and stream those games for free to your mobile device using touch, using controller. You know, it's another way we're just adding for people who want to do that."
Du kan kolla in xCloud i videon under intervjun. Tror du att Greenberg har en poäng i att streamade spel är ett bra konsolkomplement?
