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10 million+ people have streamed games using Xbox Cloud Gaming

In an earnings call on Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming has seen over 10 million people use it.

Why is this significant?

The cloud gaming space has been one of the hardest industries to break into, and Google Stadia’s failure to take off after years of trying is proof of just how difficult it is. If there is a poisoned chalice in the gaming world, it would be cloud gaming.

Also, because it is packaged with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate plan (which costs $14.99) and not a standalone gaming plan, recording this many people trying it out is an encouraging report for its makers, Microsoft.

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The Game Pass feature itself is also making large strides; it recorded an additional 7 million subscribers over one year and now stands at 25 million subscribers in total.

However, it is not clear how Microsoft counts streams — how much playtime is counted as a stream?

Regardless, Microsoft likely sees this as a positive and will likely be doubling efforts on the gaming feature. Note that Xbox Cloud Gaming is available on Android, iOS, PC and Xbox consoles. The company began allowing users on Xbox One consoles to play Xbox Series X/S games in October 2021 as part of its testing of Xbox Cloud Gaming. Xbox cloud gaming is available in 26 countries, and while it is not available in any African country, Microsoft has been receiving applications from users to participate in preview testing in additional countries since the end of 2020.

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