Xbox-chef berättar om "riktigt stark" support för både Xbox Play Anywhere och ROG Xbox Ally

Även om Xbox länge tappat mark till sina konkurrenter på konsolmarknaden är företaget ljusår före resten när det gäller streaming och tillgänglighet, där titlarna i ekosystemet kan spelas på en mängd olika plattformar utan att konsumenten behöver betala extra för att växla mellan PC, Xbox, mobil, moln och så vidare.

Initiativet Xbox Play Anywhere är därför väldigt förmånligt. Med utgångspunkt i detta, och i hur moln- och streamingteknik (inklusive den handhållna enheten Rog Xbox Ally) gjort det enklare för gamers och även mindre utvecklare, sade GM of Portfolio and Programmes hos Xbox-teamet, Chris Charla, såhär när bi vyligen intervjuade honom:

"In reality, when we talk to indie developers, they're also almost all indie gamers, right? Like everybody plays games. And I think that the notion that, hey, playing on console is fantastic, sitting on my couch and playing is the best. But playing when I'm at the airport is also the best. Playing when I'm on the bus is great. Playing when I'm sitting at work at my laptop (don't tell my boss) is also great. And so people get the promise really immediately. Like, oh yeah, of course, this is fantastic. And so when we talk to them about the extra work that's required to make a game Xbox Play Anywhere, where you can buy it on your Xbox console, play it on your Xbox PC, stream it to your Fire Stick or your LG TV or whatever, they totally get it. And support has been really strong. And yeah, it's been really cool."

Han jämförde sedan situationen med musikvärlden och hur vi enkelt kan växla mellan att lyssna på vinyl hemma och att lyssna digitalt och via streaming:

"Yeah, it's a comparison I made this morning where I love vinyl and I listen to a lot of vinyl records when I'm at home. But when I go out, I stream them. And the experience is not precisely the same. And we can argue about, oh, vinyl's so warm, stream is so precise. But the reality is those are discussions for enthusiasts. I just love music. I just want to listen to music. And I think the same is with games. If I'm home and I can play a game locally, that's what I'm going to do. But if I'm at an airport and I'm streaming, that's fine too. And luckily now with the Xbox Ally, I don't always have to make that decision because now I've got the Ally in my backpack. I can play locally or stream in the airport and really anywhere I go. And in fact, I have to admit, I'm now one of these people who lies on my couch with my television off right over here on my back playing my Ally two inches from my face. It feels really nice. It holds really good. But maybe I'm too lazy to reach for the remote control now."

Du kan se hela intervjun med Charla nedan, med svenska undertexter, där han även tar upp att entusiasmen för Game Pass inte minskat hos utvecklarna.