Microsoft just announced that XCloud is coming to Game Pass… This is a bombshell. What could Google even do to respond to this? Stadia probably won’t be able to compete with this and be profitable at the same time, which means Stadia will be in the Google Graveyard in 5 or 6 years. After tonight, it’s really looking like Microsoft is going to be the Netflix of gaming.
Bats
<p>LOL…are you kidding? Seriously are you? Google is going to be a tremendous player in this space and whatever they want, they pretty much will get it. They have a track record of success. Not just that, but people are forgetting the "Kings" of gaming and that is Sony. They have a super-large following that Microsoft can't even touch and they are marketing the hell out of their Playstation Now service to those people. Do you actually think with all the communities built around the Playstation Universe, that they will actually switch to the Xbox? Thurrott has been trying to champion Game Pass since 2017 (and earlier) and nothing has happened. </p><p><br></p><p>This is not to say that XCloud is going to fail. It's simply going to be another service to compete against Stadia, Playstation Now, Nvidia, later Amazon, Apple, etc….</p><p><br></p><p>If you or anyone is having dreams of Microsoft dominating this space…………………………………….?. Seriously, Microsoft does not know how to dominate any kind of space. Is it really necessary to list a litany of the failed consumer products by this company? </p><p><br></p><p>I know what Thurrott said about XCloud. He's wrong……again. Microsoft does not have an "expertise" in gaming, as he describes it. "Expertise" in this space is only limited to the expertise of the people Microsoft, Google, Sony, Apple, …….. McDonalds, Burger King, Petri…….hires to working other product/service. That's the truth. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>