Game Tech: When will you be able to play your own Xbox games via the cloud? ‘This year’ says Xbox lead Phil Spencer.
What you need to knowXbox has a cloud gaming service, attached to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Using Xbox Cloud Gaming, you can play a selection of a few hundred Xbox games on any supported device, without an Xbox console attached. For a long time, Microsoft has stated that it wants to bring games you actually own into the service as well, pending negotiations with license holders. A chat between Xbox lead Phil Spencer and an Xbox user named NASburg (that we have verified to be real) suggests that Microsoft is expecting "this year" to launch the new cloud feature. Xbox Cloud Gaming is a great service from Microsoft that gives you hundreds of games to play via the web, Windows PCs, Android devices, and some modern TVs (such as those offered by Samsung post-2021). For $15 per month as part of Xb...