Xbox Fires Back At PlayStation With Game Streaming And Gamers Are Stoked

Xbox is following up its heavily memed “This is an Xbox” campaign with the launch of a beta program for Xbox Cloud Gaming. It’s part of the company’s strategy “to bring more games to more people around the world, across devices.” While users have been able to stream games available on Xbox Game Pass for some time now, this will be the first time they will be able to stream games they own regardless of if they’re part of the Game Pass lineup. This comes shortly after Sony announced an upgrade to its own game streaming efforts.

To participate in the beta users will need to be subscribed the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate plan, which is the only tier that includes game streaming. For now, this feature will only be available when using a smartphone, a web browser, supported TV, PCs or tablets. Xbox plans on bringing ...