In an interview with Bloomberg, Microsoft's head of gaming Phil Spencer explains why the company is focusing more closely on game sales, subscriptions, and other
gaming services over pure hardware sales.
Not exact matches
Cloud
gaming:
Services such as Onlive, which stream video games
over an Internet connection in much the same way that Netflix does with movies, are already here, but they probably won't be fully viable until the majority of homes have ultra-fast connections.
Over the last couple of years we've seen an explosion of box subscription
services in niches ranging from beauty to food to
gaming to novelty gifts.
Ma's company has a number of successful and widely used platforms in its portfolio, including QQ, its instant - messaging
service, which is one of the world's 10 largest websites; a mobile - texting
service (WeChat) with
over 800 million users; a mobile - commerce product (WeChat Wallet); and an online -
gaming community (Tencent Games), the largest in China.
With the additional role of cannabis, the Regulatory
Services Division has
over 300 staff in five offices responsible for licensing, inspections, background checks, audit, mandatory staff training programs, and criminal / provincial investigations with respect to illegal
gaming, tobacco, and cannabis retailer offences.
In the scramble to pay for education and other
services, many states and American Indian tribes are fighting head - to - head battles
over gaming, and Congress is poised to step into the fray.
NVIDIA is so also throwing in the computer game Half - Life 2: Episode One and their GRID on - demand
gaming service with
over 20 more titles next Tuesday.
Apparently all is not well
over at
gaming service provider OnLive, with the company reportedly liquidating its assets to Lauder Partners for a mere $ 4.8 million according to a report today from GamesIndustry International.
On the other hand, games as a
service is what is taking
over the
gaming industry right now so it is definitely possible that the game itself has the legs to carry it those 5 - 10 years.
This talk will explore the world of customer
service in mobile
gaming and how to keep players engaged and excited
over a long period of time.
GeForce Now is a streaming
service that lets you tap into virtual high powered
gaming «rigs» and play games
over an internet connection.
The halcyon days of free Nintendo online
gaming will soon be
over, as Switch's paid online
service will finally be arriving this September.
I'm also not talking about streaming
services / cloud
gaming as that is just streaming games
over to your TV.
I'm not a huge fan of Steam (simply because I don't play many PC games and have rarely had reason to use the
service), but Valve has proved
over the years that they know what they're doing when it comes to online
gaming better than any other 3rd party developer.
Included in the box is the Xbox One Chat Headset aimed to keep your in - game experience crisp, the Xbox One Wireless Controller with
over 40 new innovations, the Titanfall game download and finally an Xbox Live Gold Membership Subscription to get you
gaming online and taking advantage of the wide range of Gold
services available; such as Twitch, YouTube, Netflix and OneGuide.
We were on a mission to change the way people play mobile games - to introduce the first ever cloud
gaming service for mobile where people can play all games instantly on - demand without downloads and where people can enjoy quality time with their friends and family
over the games they love.
Hatch's cloud
gaming service means that games are no longer downloaded — they are played
over the Internet, without degradation in quality — freeing up local storage space on mobile devices and eliminating the need for downloads, installations, updates or other hassles.
The on - demand cloud
gaming service OnLive is finally going to see the light of day, as its launch in the UK has been announced at the Eurogamer Expo 2011 in London.With
over 100 games currently available it seems that the OnLive team is making all the... Read more
Now the
gaming devices, which already act as portals to
over the top
services like Netflix, are getting involved in original television production.
The show lasted just
over 3 hours and was broadcast on pretty much every
gaming service: Twitch, Steam, Youtube, Xbox Live, PSN, MLG, and even the Wii U.
The machine's considerable power, married to excellent online functionality, led to sales of more than 75m units, bringing in
over 40 million users to its Xbox Live connected
gaming service.
Certain functions of Google are also affected, limiting access to some image searches and websites, and Paypal is also down so if you were planning on using your cash to buy an Xbox One or Xbox Live Gold so you could keep
gaming over the weekend on a
service that's actually still functional, you'll need to find an alternate monetary source to use in order to enact that plan.
While online
gaming services have become standard on current generation consoles and traditional disc - based distribution methods are somewhat inefficient in this day and age, there are still a few remnants left
over from the old days of the demo disc.
We chat with SimPlay about their upcoming virtual
gaming streaming
service and how the cloud - based games industry will unfold
over 2017.
Online smartphone
gaming service OpenFeint looks to be prioritising Android
gaming over and above iOS
gaming.
Earlier this year, we announced Xbox Game Pass, a new digital
gaming subscription
service that gives you unlimited access to
over 100 Xbox One and Backward Compatible Xbox 360 games for $ 9.99 USD per month.
Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, has just announced «Xbox Game Pass» - a new
gaming subscription
service that gives you unlimited access to
over 100...
Xbox has announced a brand new
gaming subscription
service called Xbox Games Pass that will give users access to a library of
over 100 games for a monthly fee.
That the company came to this conclusion in 2011 is interesting since the mobile messaging industry, which was then comparatively far smaller than it is today, is now really testing those waters with
gaming, video calling and other
services sprouting up on messenger apps — initially those in Asia —
over the past 6 - 12 months.
This purchase will give you 12 consecutive months of access to Microsoft's Xbox LIVE
service in order to access additional content and take your
gaming across the globe with players from all
over the world.
But for the best
gaming experience, you can also subscribe to Nvidia GeForce Now, the company's cloud
gaming service, or stream your own PC games
over a home network.
Well
over a month after the cyber attacks that took out Sony's Playstation Network on April 20, the company has announced that the online console
gaming service, including the Playstation Store, will be fully restored later this week.
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