In an interview with The Verge, Xbox boss Phil Spencer called xCloud “our version of [Google] Stadiums or [Amazon] Luna, ”and said that would soon mean people will be able to just run an Xbox TV app instead of using actual gaming hardware.
“I think you’re going to see it over the next 12 months. I don’t think there’s anything going to stop us from doing that,” Spencer said. The edge.
“A TV is really more of a game console hidden behind a screen with an app platform, a Bluetooth stack and streaming capability.
“Is it really a TV or is it just the form and function of the devices we had around our TV, grouped together in the one big screen I’m looking at? “
However, Spencer said he was “not as convinced” as cloud gaming signifying the absolute end of home gaming consoles and spoke of a “hybrid” system.
Meanwhile, PlayStation has suggested that it is working on a subscription service that could rival Microsoft’s widely celebrated Xbox Game Pass, sometimes referred to as “the Netflix of the game.”
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan is quoted by Russian Tass point of sale as saying about a Game Pass rival: “there is actually some news to come, but not today”.
