Microsoft has over 18 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers overall, but it’s unclear how many of them can access Xbox Cloud Gaming.Īlso, it’s worth noting that Sony’s coming PS Now replacement may run at least in part on top of Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure: as you may recall, the two companies announced a partnership toward this end in 2019. But Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the highest-end tier, includes a feature called Xbox Cloud Gaming that lets members also stream a growing collection of games as well. “The third tier would add extended demos, game streaming, and a library of classic PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games.” So those two tiers seem to map closely to Xbox Game Pass console/PC and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, respectively.įor clarity, Microsoft offers three versions of Xbox Game Pass across consoles, PCs, and both, but these aren’t game streaming services: users have to download games to their devices before they can play.

“The second would offer a large catalog of PlayStation 4 and, eventually, PlayStation 5 games,” Bloomberg explains. Spartacus is expected to launch in the Spring and work on PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles, and there will apparently be three tiers of service, one of which is basically just PS Plus.

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