Nylig fremviste Microsoft deres xCloud-tjeneste ved å la en vert spille Forza Horizon 4 på en mobil. Samtidig avslørte de at de vil sette i gang en beta-periode for tjenesten senere på året, og mange spekulerer nå om hvorvidt streamingtjenester som denne vil erstatte den tradisjonelle konsollen i nær fremtid. Microsoft selv mener at det ikke kommer til å skje.
I et intervju med Eurogamer forteller Microsofts streamingsjef Kareem Choudhry at xCloud ikke skal sees som en erstatning, men et supplement.
"It's not that extreme at all! I've been building consoles for 15 years - we're not getting out of the console business, we spoke about it in our xCloud videos. We love our consoles, we love that business, and we're super proud to have the most powerful console out on the market place today and that leadership position we hope to retain going foward. And I also believe your best premium experience is going to be dedicated hardware running under your TV in your living room. It's an 'and' conversation, not an 'or' conversation. Everyone loves to jump to the death of consoles, and I think it makes a great headline, but we don't think that way at all."
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