Xbox Cloud Gaming: Microsoft’s cloud games have arrived in Argentina

microsoft continue with your strategy enhance gaming in the cloudwithout the need for a console. After expanding the beta to Windows 10 in mid-2021, Argentine players can try Xbox Gaming Cloud starting this Thursday mobile phones, tablets and PCs without the need for state-of-the-art equipment or content downloads.

Under the slogan “play where you want, when you want and with whoever you want”, Xbox has implemented a five-year policy of democratize the use of video games.

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service, which offers a library of 100 monthly gamesit served as a kick to back that idea, and Xbox Cloud Gaming was responsible for making it happen.

“We have received feedback from our players in Argentina and New Zealand that accessing Xbox Cloud Gaming is a priority. We are happy to make it a reality: Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) will be available starting today,” confirmed Xbox sources. Clarin.

What is Microsoft’s “Netflix of video games” like?

Xbox Cloud Gaming launched in beta for Windows users on August 9, 2021 as an added benefit of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, although it also required users to sign up for the Xbox Insider program.

A few months later it was officially released as part of the Xbox app for Windows on September 14, 2021, along with support for Remote playback from Xbox consoles to a Windows computer. This feature made it possible to play on mobile devices within a certain number of meters of the consoles, which served as servers.

Later, Microsoft introduced the feature Increased clarity for Windows users via browser Edge which provides visual enhancements. You can also taste a Google Chrome or Safari.

Since its announcement during the E3 2018 Video Game Expo, the service has been preliminarily known as Project xCloud to later adopt the name of Xbox Cloud Gaming as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions at no additional cost.

Microsoft has leveraged community feedback over the years to refine the cloud gaming experience: added new content and has managed to expand Xbox Cloud Gaming to more and more countries, even those that don’t have the 5G mobile phone networks that allow you to have high-speed, latency-free Internet everywhere.

“Our mission at Xbox is to create a gaming community where you can play the games you want, with whoever you want, on the devices you already own. We want to remove all possible barriers to give you more ways to connect and play, ”said Catherine Gluckstein, vice president and chief product officer of Xbox Cloud Gaming.

As part of the trial version already available in Argentina, users of the Xbox Game Pass or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription service can start playing Microsoft flight simulator, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Tunica and Fortniteand more directly from the cloud on iPhones, Android phones and tablets, Windows PCs, Xbox Series XS consoles, and Xbox One.

Beforehand, all you need to do is visit xbox.com/play, log in with your Xbox account and start playing.

Those who are members of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate –the first month is reached in promotion at 39 pesos-, you can continue with your game, start a new one or discover one of the many libraries available via the cloud in Game Pass.

What Xbox Cloud Gaming offers

There are over 100 titles available so they can be played from the cloud on devices at home, without having to download them or take up storage space.

One of the most amazing features this service offers is that it works on almost most computers, therefore it is not necessary to make a significant investment. Basically, computers that only need to have the Windows 10 version to install the Xbox app. In the case of mobile phones, it requires at least version 6.0 of Android and iOS 14.4 on the iPhone or iPad.

Likewise, one good internet connection will be required for this type of cloud experience. Microsoft recommends around 15 Mbps to run the Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) service in standard quality, which is 720p.

If you want a 4K resolution a connection of 35 Mbps or higher will be required. This is because the content is streamed, so slower speeds result in more buffering and spoil the experience.

The hardware in the data centers that Microsoft has in Australia, Brazil, Japan and Mexico are what make Xbox Cloud Gaming possible. They originally used Xbox One S (2016) -based blade servers. Only in June 2021 did it begin to migrate from technology to the new Xbox Series X model.

Each server initially contained four custom Xbox One S consoles. This doubled to eight per cabinet for the service’s launch in 2019.

Compared to the standard Xbox One S, power consumption was reduced by 30% thanks to the specific processor power of the latest generation of Xbox Series X consoles.