| sales2099 said: Well I’m glad Ms cleared up the pressing questions. No we won’t be forced to link with FB, FB gaming won’t replace the Mixer tab on the console. I imagine in the future if you are on Instagram and see a Xcloud add, clicking on it will bring you to the App Store to download the Xcloud app. |
Are you being sarcastic?
With @WatchMixer going away does @Xbox have plans to incorporate an easy way to stream using other apps like twitch? And are you open to development of other streaming apps to give gamers options when using the console to stream? @XboxP3
— AngryJunglist (@AngryJunglist) June 23, 2020
Yes, we absolutely want to give gamers choice of where to stream from Xbox.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) June 23, 2020
Mixer tab wont be on the console... because mixer will be gone in a few weeks time.
It (the tab) will be replaced with other streaming services, ei. Twitch, facebook gameing, youtube ect.
"I imagine in the future if you are on Instagram and see a Xcloud add, clicking on it will bring you to the App Store to download the Xcloud app."
^ that thinking is too small scale.
If that was the whole point of it, they wouldnt have closed down mixer for it.
Basically your "I imagine in the future" is small stuff thinking, that cant be right, it makes too little sense to be how this ends up.
MS getting access to 700m+ facebook users, and some of the phone market, that could make use of xCloud for gameing on your phone.
Is probably a big part of it. Facebook wouldn't go along with this without getting something in return, it wouldnt be called a partnership if it only benefited MS.
So the long and short of it : More facebook on xbox, and more xbox on facebook.
MS aiming to make gamepass a big thing on phones, and pcs via facebook/instragram.
Facebook likely going to be integrated into Xbox OS, so they can datamine all xbox users.
Something tells me Facebook is gonna be plastered all over the dashboard....
*edit:
I mean think about it.
If Facebook is giveing xbox access to its platform, and leading you to its services, why would you assume they wouldnt ask for the same from xbox?
Ei. facebook stuff and services linked to xbox? No such thing as a free lunch.
