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Old 01-21-2022, 11:33 AM   #1759
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post
Microsoft wants to be the Netflix of Gaming.

They will produce hardware because customers will always want to be able to buy a console to play the games on.

But with Gamepass and XCloud they aren't going to be as worried about hardware.

Subscription service revenue is what Microsoft wants here.
I'm pretty impressed with Cloud Gaming. I was wasting some time after work yesterday and saw that DIRT 5 was on Game Pass. It was a pretty huge install and I didn't have a ton of time to wait around for it (Gigabit internet connection or not), but I noticed it had a cloud gaming option, so what the hell.

For something like a racing game where you know that split-second reactions are the difference between making a corner and drifting into a wall, I was blown away how well the game played. Caveats: I have a really fast home connection, and high-end home wireless network, and I didn't have quite as good an experience using my laptop to play Forza Horizon 5 on Cloud Gaming over a crappier wireless network elsewhere. But if you've got the support of a good network behind you, damn, some pretty great results can be had.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Typical dumb take.
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