{"id":235,"date":"2020-10-09T20:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T20:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1322470"},"modified":"2020-10-09T20:38:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T20:38:47","slug":"report-microsoft-plans-to-get-xcloud-onto-ios-without-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=235","title":{"rendered":"Report: Microsoft plans to get xCloud onto iOS without the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Microsoft\u2018s Xbox Game Pass is currently stuck in App Store limbo \u2014 and rumor has it the company is planning a workaround that\u2019ll let them get xCloud streaming onto the platform without having to work within Apple\u2019s restrictions.<\/p>\n

According to Business Insider<\/a>, Xbox head Phil Spencer called an all-hands meeting earlier this week, and said Microsoft is looking for a browser-based solution to the conundrum, allegedly saying, \u201cWe absolutely will end up on iOS.\u201d It would mean users would have access to the platform\u2019s cloud gaming options, just not through an official app.<\/p>\n

In case you weren\u2019t aware, Apple doesn\u2019t allow other app stores on the App Store. It\u2019s complicated, but in a nutshell Apple considers that, since you can download games from the Xbox Game Pass app, it counts as an app store. It\u2019s not thus far allowed Game Pass \u2014 or, more specifically, its xCloud gaming solution \u2014 onto the App Store for that purpose. It\u2019s offered up a compromise, allowing Microsoft to have Game Pass if it individually submits each game available through the service for individual review.<\/p>\n

Given how many games are available on Xbox, that\u2019s obviously very labor-intensive, and not likely to be feasible even for Microsoft. It\u2019s outright refused to even consider doing it Apple\u2019s way, saying in a statement to The Verge<\/a>, \u201cThis remains a bad experience for customers. Gamers want to jump directly into a game from their curated catalog within one app just like they do with movies or songs, and not be forced to download over 100 apps to play individual games from the cloud.\u201d Honestly, they make a good point.<\/p>\n

If this works, it would allow the company to duck the App Store requirements.This is very similar to the solution Amazon\u2019s supposedly found for its cloud gaming platform, Luna<\/a>, so this solution is not without precedent. Word is the company is also planning to bring xCloud<\/a> to Windows 10 PCs early next year.<\/p>\n

While no one mentions it directly, I wonder if Apple is being a little extra stubborn because of the Fortnite <\/em>nonsense going on. It\u2019s got a slim lead on Epic Games at the moment, in that the judge in the hearing went pretty hard on Epic, but it might still want to look uncompromising when it comes to \u201cgame stores\u201d it allows on the App Store. I could be wrong, but if I were Apple, I\u2019d be willing to forgo a better compromise if it made my case weaker.<\/p>\n

Microsoft employees are planning to make the xCloud browser solution some time next year.<\/p>\n

Read next:<\/b> Sony reveals list of PS4 games that won’t work on PlayStation 5 <\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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