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First announced a few years ago, the ability to start streaming games on Xbox that you own but aren’t part of Game Pass will be tested for Insiders starting in November. It would add another meaningful perk to subscription plans similar to Netflix, allowing players to stream games such as Baldur’s Gate III and Eldon Ring they possess but do not belong Existing Game Pass library.
This is based on a new report edge The company said expanded Xbox cloud gaming capabilities will be available for live testing next month to members of the Xbox Insider program. It’s unclear which games will be part of the first wave, but presumably at some point in the future the majority of gamers’ digital game libraries will be accessible via their cloud-based mobile devices, laptops, and PC gaming handhelds , at least if they’re an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber.
This feature was originally mocked Back to 2020 As part of Project xCloud beta, but not part of the final release. Microsoft once again teases cloud streaming will expand to games beyond Game Pass Near the end of 2022. “We’re excited to share with you later this year that we plan to give Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members the ability to play games from the cloud, choosing games they already own or purchased outside of the Xbox Game Pass library,” Xbox said. Tuttle Written at that time. However, this never materialized.
Two years later, it sounds like any technical hurdles or other issues that have been troubling it have finally been resolved, and Microsoft is ready to start expanding Xbox cloud gaming in earnest. The move will join the recently announced initiative to start selling Xbox games directly within the Xbox app on Android devices Under court mandate against Googleand recently increased the price of Game Pass Ultimate subscription from $18 to $20 per month.
This new version of Xbox Cloud Gaming will bring it closer to Nvidia’s GeForce Now, which allows users to stream PC games they already own to other devices, including less powerful PC hardware that can’t run those games natively. . The big difference is that Nvidia currently offers this perk as part of a free subscription tier, albeit with some notable caveats, such as lower resolution and timed sessions.
