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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/26\/23043678\/microsoft-xbox-cloud-gaming-10-million-people-streamed<\/a> More than 10 million people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday during the company\u2019s third-quarter earnings call. Cloud gaming is a feature that\u2019s only available as part of the $14.99 per month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier, so the figure shared Tuesday indicates that a lot of people are checking it out. It\u2019s also a concrete stat in a field where there have been few \u2014 Google doesn\u2019t break out numbers for Stadia, and any numbers shared by Nvidia for GeForce Now include people who have used a no-strings-attached free trial.<\/p>\n Game Pass has proven to be popular, as Microsoft said in January that the service grew to have 25 million subscribers<\/a>, which was up from 18 million the year before<\/a>. That said, it\u2019s unclear how Microsoft is defining what counts as a streamed game from Xbox Cloud Gaming, so we don\u2019t know exactly what the stat might represent, how many current subscribers are included in that streamed games count, or how much playtime is required for the company to count it as a stream. It\u2019s also worth noting that you can technically sign up for a month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just a dollar and then cancel, and it\u2019s unclear how many people who did that and streamed a game might also be counted in Microsoft\u2019s figure shared Tuesday.<\/p>\n Microsoft has invested heavily into Xbox Cloud Gaming, launching first on Android<\/a>, then iOS and PC<\/a>, and then to Xbox consoles<\/a>, which all means that you can now stream a big library of Xbox games across a wide range of devices. (I\u2019ve even used it to play Psychonauts 2<\/em> on my Steam Deck<\/a>, and it worked like a charm.) And as of October, the service is fully powered by custom Xbox Series X hardware<\/a>, which improved framerates and load times, making it that much better to use. <\/p>\n But the company has also seen strong hardware sales, with Xbox just having its best March sales performance in 11 years<\/a> and next-generation Xboxes becoming much more readily available. Microsoft said Tuesday that Xbox hardware revenue is up<\/a> 14 percent. However, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood warned that Chinese production shutdowns could affect future hardware sales, including \u201cconstrained console supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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