MS, Xbox Cloud Game Main Performance Announcement

Microsoft has partnered with Epic Games and announced that it will provide 'Fortnite' as the first free play game of Xbox Cloud Game Service (beta). As a result, users from 26 countries, including Korea with Xbox cloud game services, will be able to use Fortnite for free on iPados, Android smartphones and tablets, and Windows PCs through web browsers.

Microsoft says that adding free-to-play titles to the cloud game catalog is an important task for the development of its cloud game business, and plans to show more free play games starting with Fortnite. am.

Meanwhile, Xbox is pursuing the 'Xbox Everyware' goal to allow everyone around the world to enjoy the game they want and on the device they already have. As part of that, players enjoy playing in the way they want, and creators can develop, operate and manage games using the best cloud tools and services in their class, so that they can reach more users to approach more users. We have strengthened our investment.

Microsoft introduced the growth and major achievements of the XBOX cloud game with the announcement of the free play title. The main contents are as follows:

So far, users who streamed the game through the Xbox cloud game service (beta), which are provided by Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, have surpassed 10 million people worldwide.

Users in 26 countries have played games on more than 6,000 types of devices, including Android devices of various models, iPhones and various PCs from all generations. Initially, the Xbox cloud game, which was provided only on Android devices through the Xbox One S server of the Microsoft Data Center, was later expanded to Xbox Series X server, Windows PC, iOS mobile device, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | (Steam Deck) also began to support.

The XBOX cloud game has been expanded to more countries, including Mexico, Japan, Australia and Brazil, and plans to support cloud games in more countries.

Since the launch of the Xbox Cloud game, Microsoft has worked with 125 developers to provide more than 350 games through the cloud in the Xbox Game Pass Catalog. In addition, the cloud service has reduced the time to play with a new game, and effectively improved the user's game discovery process. It was found to discover and play on average compared to users who do not use the cloud Xbox Game Pass using the cloud.

XBOX provides gaming environments optimized for the cloud, such as touch control or font size that considers streaming devices. At the time of its launch, the title that supports custom touch control through the cloud away was only one minecraft dungeons, and now you can see the service in more than 150 titles. In addition, touch control was confirmed to increase the participation of users. On average, the number of games that support touch control doubled, and 20%of Xbox cloud game service users use only touch control.

On the other hand, Fortnite logs in from xbox.com/play through xbox.com/play through a web browser without a separate installation process or membership, and when you access the Xbox cloud game service, select the desired way of touch control or compatible controller to easily and freely You can play.