Some, but not all, Game Pass games are included Game Pass Ultimate is the $15-a-month subscription that includes an all-you-can-play lineup of 100-plus games on both Xbox and PC. Xbox Cloud Gaming is supported in Chrome and Edge on Windows devices, or Safari on iPhones and iPads. Navigate to /play, and sign into your Microsoft account if you're not already logged in. Read more: Xbox Series X review You need a premium membership Here's how to get in on the cloud gaming action, and what you need to know about it. With many games easily passing 50GB, that can save a lot of downloading time and storage space.
Making cloud gaming harder to pull off than video streaming is the added complication of sending controller input (pressing buttons and moving analog sticks) up to the cloud, the game actions playing out on that remote server, then beaming the resulting video output back to your screen.īut just as few people still download full movies or hoard DVDs, eventually game discs will disappear (they're already on the way out) and even full game downloads may be replaced by streaming. The content lives on a remote server somewhere and is beamed to your screen in real time. Cloud gaming, or game streaming, is similar to watching a Netflix movie.
