Microsoft has officially announced a plan called Xbox Everywhere, designed to allow people to play Xbox cloud games on as many devices as possible. Additionally, the plan also aims to separate Xbox cloud games from Xbox games. This will allow people to play their game libraries for free. For example, “Fortnite” was the first test case, but there are also rumors that Microsoft is developing a streaming service. To make it easier for users to use their cloud services.
VentureBeat InsiderJeff Grubb broke the news that the Xbox team has worked directly with Samsung. The companies are developing an Xbox streaming app for the latest TVs. Of course, Samsung is currently the number one TV manufacturer in the world, so it seems that if Microsoft wants to continue, Samsung, Sony and other platforms cannot be avoided.
Grubb also claims that Microsoft is working on a streaming device. This might be a disc similar to some previous Roku devices – it should let you stream games and video simultaneously.
Official Microsoft statement regarding Xbox Everywhere
Regarding Xbox Everywhere, here’s what Microsoft says
Our mission at Xbox is to focus on gamers and bring fun and connection to games. We want everyone in the world to be able to play the games they want with the people they want on their devices. We call it “Xbox Everywhere”.
Our goal is to make games accessible to as many people as possible and reach 3 billion players worldwide, so we’re investing heavily in cloud computing – both to serve gamers so they can play the way they want to, and to serve creators so they can reach new audiences. and largest and develop, run and manage their games using best-in-class cloud computing tools and services.
We have also opened cloud gaming services in more places including Mexico, Japan, Australia and Brazil. In all these new countries, the gaming community was very excited, especially Brazil, which surprised us. In the first few weeks, the cloud gaming experience rate was very high, demand from fans exceeded our server capacity, and we had to quickly deploy more devices to meet the demand. The support we’ve seen in the new countries, along with the availability of more games on more devices, has led to encouraging results. Over the next few months, you can expect to launch cloud games in more places – we can’t wait to share more info later.
According to Grubb, the Xbox streaming box and Samsung app will launch sometime in the next twelve months. So far, there is no official information in this regard yet. Keep a tab with us and we’ll let you know as soon as we have any official information.