Microsoft is taking the cloud to the next level and announcing a collaboration with Amazon. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is coming to new Fire TV devices.
Microsoft is no longer just focusing on releasing games on Xbox consoles. Instead, Microsoft Gaming, which consists of Xbox Games Studios, Activision Blizzard and Zenimax/Bethesda, is active on numerous platforms.
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This includes the PC and also former competitor consoles such as PlayStationBut Microsoft has more in mind and wants to appeal to billions of gamers one day. The cloud is helping with this. And with the support of new Fire TV devices, the company is bringing numerous potential customers on board.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will also be available on Fire TV in the future
According to the official announcement on the Xbox Wire blog, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in more than 25 countries will soon be able to download the Xbox app on Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire TV Stick 4K Max devices.
Players who own such a device and a Bluetooth-enabled wireless controller have access to the Xbox streaming library with an Ultimate membership.
Users will need to install and launch the Xbox app on their Fire TV device, sign in with their Microsoft account, and sign up for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate if they haven't already done so. Hardware such as the Xbox controller, Xbox Adaptive Controller, DualSense, or DualShock 4 are all compatible.
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“Over the past few years, we’ve been on a journey to bring cloud gaming to more devices and to more people around the world,” said today’s announcement. We’re excited to expand our growing family of cloud gaming devices with Fire TV.
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Are there more consoles coming from Microsoft?
The continuous expansion of the cloud business raises the question once again whether Microsoft plans to continue with classic consoles. The company is not revealing its cards here, but points to new hardware where about “power and performance”.
The new hardware will also make the biggest technical leap. Only recently, speculation about a possible concept arose again:
Regardless of what Microsoft plans for the future, the installation base of consoles has remained almost the same for generations, which is the idea of a unified console emerged And after the billions invested by the Redmond company, shareholders are demanding returns that are a growing cake can be achieved.
Overall, Microsoft now sees itself as well positioned:
Sony no longer relies solely on its own consoles. The PC is becoming a more important mainstay. on mobile platforms The Japanese want to expand. Why this is so was recently explained by a Survey on the German games market clearly.
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