Sarah Bond has just announced that an Xbox mobile game store is coming in July during an interview at Bloombertech with Dina Bass
In the clip linked below Sarah Bond talks about bringing Xbox owned first party titles to the store like Candy Crush & Minecraft as well as bringing in partners to have a “cross-platform gaming-centric mobile experience…” “gonna start it on the web to have it be accessible to all devices, all countries, no matter what, independent of the policies, you know, of closed ecosystem stores, and then we’re going to extend from there.”
Xbox bought King, makers of the Candy and Soda Crush Saga games last year as part of the Activision-Blizzard-King purchase. Minecraft is theirs after purchasing Mojan over a decade ago. One big question is will Game Pass Ultimate gain you any benefits in this mobile store. Candy Crush Saga is a massive game with an Xbox Store listing for a PC version:
Start playing Candy Crush Saga today – a legendary puzzle game loved by millions of players around the world. Switch and match Candies in this tasty puzzle adventure to progress to the next level for that sweet winning feeling! Solve puzzles with quick thinking and smart moves, and be rewarded with delicious rainbow-colored cascades and tasty candy combos! Plan your moves by matching 3 or more candies in a row, using boosters wisely in order to overcome those extra sticky puzzles! Blast the chocolate and collect sweet candy across thousands of levels, guaranteed to have you craving more! Candy Crush Saga features: 🍬
THE GAME THAT KEEPS YOU CRAVING MORE Thousands of the best levels and puzzles in the Candy Kingdom and with more added every 2 weeks your sugar fix is never far away! 🍭 MANY WAYS TO WIN REWARDS Check back daily and spin the Daily Booster Wheel to receive free tasty rewards, and take part in time limited challenges to earn boosters to help you level up! 🍬 VARIETY OF SUGAR-COATED CHALLENGES Sweet ways to play: Game modes including Target Score, Clear the Jelly, Collect the Ingredients and Order Mode
Are you interested in an Xbox store for mobile devices? Sound off in the comments below and let us know!
Hopefully the FTC has the balls to make the Apple open things up in the US
Is this good or is this bad? Am confused to be honest.
A very good thing. Apple has a complete monopoly on not only what apps people can have on iPhone, but if they have their way, every transaction on the device.
Imagine if Microsoft tried to make Netflix give them 30% of all subscriptions made on windows. that’s what’s being broken down
I really really hope they bring back the games they used to have on the Windows Phone. No joke great times. Also, I hope this means we can finally get Fallout Shelter out from being a China exclusive.
If it’s available on Android in the US, I’ll jump in.
It’s apparently web based so it can be used on any device.
Even Windows Phone?
It’s a good thing if you want to buy Candy Crush DLC without giving a cut to Apple or Google. So it’s a good thing for Microsoft.
I hope it includes better Game Pass and achievements integration.
Solitaire counts as the “play a GP game” reward and its achievements count towards the “unlock an achievement in GP” reward, while more important it unlocks the Premium sub features.
If they want to compete with Play Pass and Apple’s sub, it feels like a Game Pass mobile sub (that gets included in Ultimate, maybe to replace the Gold games we’ve lost or as part of a small price rise) would be the way to go for some users to avoid the predatory MTX of many games…
(Wordament in particular is a ridiculous monthly cost - I do like the game sometimes but I’d really want it to be on Game Pass as it wants almost as much for just it!)
The idea of a cross platform store sounds good to me. That way you don’t have to worry if you decide you don’t want Android or get tired of Apple, you can still use your purchases.