TechGamingXbox gamers are getting a great upgrade – and it’s Google Stadia’s coup de grâceXbox Cloud Gaming was already spanking Google Stadia, but this new upgrade looks like a killer blowWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechGamingXbox gamers are getting a great upgrade – and it’s Google Stadia’s coup de grâceXbox Cloud Gaming was already spanking Google Stadia, but this new upgrade looks like a killer blowWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Xbox Cloud Gaming was already spanking Google Stadia, but this new upgrade looks like a killer blow
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You know things are bad forGoogle Stadiawhen even theGooglesites say it’s stuffed. But that’s what they’re saying: the latest upgrade heading for Xbox Cloud Gaming, which you can play not just on theXbox Series XandXbox Series Sbut on PC and some of thebest phonesandbest tabletstoo, takes away the only real advantage Stadia has. The only good news for Google is that the feature isn’t here yet.
As 9to5Googlereports,Microsoftis adding support for keyboard and mouse input. That’s not new to Xbox owners, who’ve been able to up their game with thebest gaming keyboardsandbest gaming micefor years now. But Microsoft’s cloud gaming didn’t support those input devices, so this is a significant step forward. If developers choose to add it to their games it means Xbox Cloud Gaming will deliver an even better experience on PCs in particular.
(Image credit: Xbox official)
(Image credit: Xbox official)
Xbox is winning the cloud gaming battle
Microsoft is being incredibly aggressive in the cloud gaming space: it’s broughtcloud gaming to Samsung TVsand while itsKeystonedongle is apparently being rethought from scratch, it’s still intended to add Xbox cloud gaming to thebest TVsin the very near future. Sure, Stadia tends to offer better frame rates, especially on mid-range broadband connections. But it doesn’t have the same one-fee-for-everything approach that Microsoft offers, and we’ve already seen that Microsoft is investing hugely in blockbusters and Indies for Game Pass; it already offers more games than Stadia does, and for me at least the catalogue is much more compelling.
Don’t get me wrong. Competition is good, and I’d hate to see Microsoft be the only game streamer in town: whileNetflixgaming and the newPS Plusservice forPlayStation 4andPlayStation 5among others aren’t for me, their very existence will keep Microsoft keen and competitive. But if Xbox and Stadia were characters in Mortal Kombat, I think Cloud Gaming’s addition of keyboard and mouse support would have a very familiar soundtrack: “Finish him!”
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