Does "cloud gaming" encompass things like Xbox Game Pass though? Subscription model with downloadable access to all games definitely feels cloudy to me.
>Allowing Microsoft to take such a strong position in the cloud gaming market just as it begins to grow rapidly would risk undermining the innovation that is crucial to the development of these opportunities.
Which is really funny considering the closure of Google Stadia, so maybe it was a 4D chess move by Google after all
I haven't read anything that makes the CMA look good yet & I'm trying to be impartial.
If this is there definition of cloud gaming, how do phones come into play? They seem like a far bigger market that doesn't require additional hardware purchases specifically for gaming. You can hook them up to popular video game controllers & your TV. No latency issues, which Microsoft won't be fixing in cloud streaming type games without insane investments near users.
The article in the headline doesn't actually give any good reasons & I can't find any solid reasons by any of the people cheering on any Microsoft hate.
If you want to call Microsoft a monopoly & hate on them, there are tons of great & current examples but this just doesn't seem to be one. It's equivalent to blowing the whistle & calling a penalty on some random person for no reason because five plays earlier someone else on that team got away with one.
The Xbox Cloud Gaming (== game streaming) service is part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (subscription) service, so in this case: "subscription" == "cloud".
"Cloud gaming" is such a muddy word that it could specifically mean game streaming services (like the Xbox Cloud Gaming service, which is part of Xbox Game Pass), but also the entirety of Xbox online services.
>The cloud allows UK gamers to avoid buying expensive gaming consoles and PCs and gives them much more flexibility and choice as to how they play.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/microsoft-activision-deal...
YET they next sentence
>Allowing Microsoft to take such a strong position in the cloud gaming market just as it begins to grow rapidly would risk undermining the innovation that is crucial to the development of these opportunities.
Which is really funny considering the closure of Google Stadia, so maybe it was a 4D chess move by Google after all