So you can jump from playing Gears 5 on your Xbox Series X to playing on your phone - and you can still play online multiplayer with friends. When you access cloud gaming on your Android device, all your progress from console transfers over. Project xCloud does depend on a stable internet connection, but Microsoft has said it can run at 7-10mb/s. Support for Xbox Cloud Gaming is available in 22 countries at launch including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Mobile cloud gaming helps Game Pass stand apart from PS Now which doesn’t offer this as yet. There's no limit on your number of game downloads and you have access to them offline for up to 30 days.Ĭatching up with PS Now’s streaming offering, Microsoft’s Project xCloud gaming platform (known as Xbox Cloud gaming) launched on September 15, 2020, giving Game Pass Ultimate subscribers the ability to stream over 100 titles from the Game Pass library (which now includes some EA and Bethesda titles) to their Android phone or tablet (iOS support isn’t available just yet). Game Pass lets players download games to their PC or Xbox console (from One to Series X/S), which requires HDD or SDD drive space, and the time to download them. Though that could change, based on recent reports.

PS Now is available on PS4, PS5 and PC, making the platform the only way mouse and keyboard loyalists can play Sony exclusives like Bloodborne, The Last of Us, and Uncharted. In any case, an Ethernet connection is always preferable to wi-fi for the best quality stream. However, while this saves on hard drive space, irritating mid-game disconnections are a possibility. Sony recommends at least 5 mbps, but 10+ will be better for interruption-free gameplay, and that can go higher for the most graphically intensive experiences.

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