Re: Mixer Streaming Service - being shut down, Microsoft partnering with Facebook Gaming
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:43 pm
Garth wrote:I think this is really about the future cloud gaming battle, with Amazon, Google and Microsoft looking to provide their own cloud gaming services where people can click through and instantly play the games they're watching others stream. Amazon is apparently working on their own cloud gaming service to integrate with Twitch, Google is integrating Stadia with YouTube, and Mixer wasn't popular enough so Xcloud is going with the only other real player left, Facebook.
Yep:
Key to this vision is our Project xCloud technology, which we see delivering games to all kinds of screens and windows in your life, including those on Facebook. Gaming is already part of our social fabric, and Project xCloud can take you from discussing a new game – whether it’s a funny in-game moment posted by a friend, an ad, or an ongoing stream – directly to playing it. In the future, through the power of Xbox Live and Project xCloud, we see there being just one click between “I’m watching” and “I’m playing.”
In the meantime, we will continue to invest time, energy, and resources to bring Project xCloud to global scale through Azure. We’re always testing new features and learning, and we’re excited to explore further as we look to debut click-to-play scenarios within the Facebook Gaming and Instagram communities.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/06/22/ ... ng-vision/
xCloud all over Instagram as well could be pretty big in future. Maybe Whatsapp too down the line, who knows.