A post on the GamingLeaksandRumors Subreddit has said that Xbox Cloud Streaming for games you own in July 2024 will be arriving, with a few key exceptions.
User RyanG-Writes stated in a post that the long awaited functionality of Xbox allowing for owned games to be played in the cloud is due to arrive this July with a few caveats:
“In July 2024 (after their showcase in June), Microsoft will allow you to start streaming your own games via xCloud, with some publisher exceptions:
Activision-Blizzard
EA (some games)
CD:PR
Square Enix will let you stream FF14, but no other game at the moment. This is despite cloud streaming versions of their games existing due to Game Pass.”
It may seem strange for Activision-Blizzard to be listed but the Cloud rights for all ABK games for the past and next 15 years belong to Ubisoft. RyanG-Writes goes on to say:
“Publishers have been (or will be) given the option to opt in or out of the service. Most publishers, from what I am told, are happy with the terms Microsoft has given them (I do not have access to those terms).
Microsoft are still negotiating cloud streaming rights with Ubisoft for Activision-Blizzard. Ubisoft want more cash for Activision-Blizzard games to stream. Microsoft, so far, has said no.
All streaming will require an Xbox GP Ultimate account.
Microsoft is looking to work with major publishers on ‘exclusivity’ deals, with the hope that they will be the only ones to offer the games via cloud streaming and digital ownership. The idea is that it pulls people away from other platforms to enter the Xbox ecosystem e.g. Microsoft have made an offer for Persona 6 to be a console exclusive, with cloud streaming available for owned versions. This offer has currently been turned down, but Microsoft do have other potential exclusive deals in the pipeline.
Obviously, physically owned games won’t work. It would have done if Microsoft had their way at the launch of the Xbox One, though. That was when digital licensing was tied to physical ownership (and you could transfer digital licenses).”
Will you be using Xbox Cloud Streaming for games you own? Sound off in the comments and let us know.
I will 100% be playing my owned games through the cloud . Have my Razer Kishi V2 and a second phone just for streaming. Hopefully my Xbox360 games become streamable because that might be the only way i go back to them all .
Cloud has been getting updates more often than usual, so I think this is likely the update they’re building up to. If true, I can’t wait to try it out.
Finally. FUCKING finally. Been waiting years for this.
That would be great, and with gamepass streaming on the Quest 3 hopefully that allows all my games to be played on the quest.
This will open up lots of chances to paly Xbox games without an xbox