Microsoft VP Phil Spencer Talks Scarlett, Game Pass, Cloud Streaming

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Microsoft VP Phil Spencer Talks Scarlett, Game Pass, Cloud Streaming
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— there are literally Xbox One motherboards sitting in Azure datacenters awaiting someone to virtually sign into one, Spencer said — for streaming.That’s because, Spencer said, he’s sort of tired of talking about it; he’d rather just have people try it for themselves and listen to what they think.

After my chat with Spencer, I spent some time checking out Project xCloud at the demo stations. The setup was using Galaxy S9 phones — connected to Xbox One controllers — with a slew of different games: “Halo 5,” “Hellblade,” “Halo Wars 2,” and “Gears of War 4.” The games were streaming from a datacenter hundreds of miles away in the Bay Area.

And Microsoft, of course, isn’t the only company working on the ability to stream games from cloud-based hardware to a screen. Rolling out the service slowly now is also a great way for Microsoft to learn a ton about how people are using the service, Spencer added.

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