Microsoft says all cloud gaming Xbox Series won’t arrive for ‘years’

Those waiting for the Xbox Series dedicated to Cloud Gaming will have to be patient. By Microsoft’s own admission, the console is not about to be released. The Redmond firm really wants apply a different strategy when it comes to cloud games.

We’ve been hearing about this terminal for a while. The idea would be to have an Xbox stamped dongle that will plug into any screen and allow playing games from the Xbox Cloud Gaming catalog. It’s an inexpensive terminal as it doesn’t need a lot of power, but it’s also very flexible. The leaks mentioned advanced enhancements at Microsoft. We even had a name: Xbox Keystone.

Microsoft ends hopes for Xbox Keystone

This summer, the console was spotted in a photo in the office of Xbox boss Phil Spencer. Any hope of early release was therefore allowed, but the person concerned eventually refuted in the columns of the Wall Street Journal. If the prototype did exist, the Redmond firm would eventually set it aside in favor of another strategy:

“Keystone is a project we are working on internally. Last summer, we changed course to work with Samsung. I still have the prototype… will we one day make a terminal dedicated to streaming? I hope we do, but not for years. »

That’s what’s been said.

Microsoft took a new path with its game streaming service: the partnerships. As Spencer said, a deal has been struck with Samsung to bring Game Pass to all their new smart TVs, and many more such projects are expected. Therefore, the idea is no longer to offer a clean terminal for streaming, but to reject software in more non-Microsoft products.

Cloud Gaming is a key point for the company. The streaming game included in Game Pass Ultimate has already attracted more than 20 million curious people.