- Microsoft (MSFT -0.4%) unveils its Project xCloud game streaming service for consoles, PCs, and mobile devices. Public trials of the service will start next year.
- The project is already in testing to find solutions for cloud gaming obstacles like low-latency, graphical fidelity, and framerates plus preparing for player input types.
- Microsoft has enabled compatibility across existing and future Xbox titles by building custom hardware for its data centers. The company architected a customizable blade that can host the components of multiple Xbox One consoles and the associated infrastructure. Those custom blades will be scaled across Azure regions over time.
- Competitors: GeForce Now (NVDA -0.1%), PlayStation Now (SNE -0.2%), Blade’s Shadow, and Google’s (GOOG +0.3%)(GOOGL +0.3%) testing Project Stream, which streams games through the Chrome browser.
- Previously: Now testing: Play Assassin's Creed in Google Chrome (Oct. 1)
- Previously: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS): Google's gaming entry the future of delivery (Oct. 2)
- Now read: AMD/Nvidia: GPU Winter Is Here
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