Microsoft CEO Wants xCloud to be 'Netflix for Games' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 April 2019 / 2,485 Views
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking at a meeting at Microsoft headquarters attended by Business Insider described its upcoming cloud service, Project xCloud, as "Netflix for games."
"We describe it as, shorthand, 'Netflix for games,'" said Nadella. "We have as much a shot to build a subscription service as anybody else."
"We have a huge back catalog, which is we have our own games," he added. "We have a structural position in that we have both a console business as well as a PC business, which happens to be bigger than the console business when it comes to gaming."
The biggest challenge for Project xCloud is to have low latency and stability.
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I think that's basically every game streaming service's goal, no?
Steaming is the day I find a new hobby.
Their goal and their greatest fear , the fear being being large third parties getting their dream to have their own platform for content delivery.
Difference is MS has the infrastructure to achieve this.
Like netflix? That doesn't sound good, 90% of what's on netflix is crap. Plus these games in native 4k, good look with that.
No suprise here. There entire focus with the Power the Cloud has always been an interesting one. When a mega corp like MS aim for it, i wont be suprised they wont get it. They have the resources and infrastructure to achieve this goal. There already half way there with there console division migrating into it. Looking forward to seeing more.
And yet the majority of games sell vastly more on consoles, he must be talking about the amount of games surely.
The point that doesn't seem right is the "when it comes to gaming" up to then its fine , it feels like in making a last second addition for added clarity he miscued.
How is their PC Gaming side bigger than the console side and we are talking GAMING.
