Taking a step back, it's a little sad that exclusion is considered something the industry celebrates now.
Back in the day Doom was literally the number one PC software and everyone copied it. At no detriment to anyone, considering gaming is now the number one entertainment in the world by revenue.
But modern console games are little morcels chopped up and force fed to customers that have no ownership or choice. MSFT is proudly boasting how little of the game the plebs are "exclusively" allowed to stream.
What exactly is streaming rights for Xbox?
- I don't buy the game, I pay a cloud rental fee and can play so long as my membership is active? Unlimited hours?
- I buy the game, but don't have to use up hard drive space?
- So long as I have an Xbox streaming account, I could stream on my PC? A tablet?
How much did MS pay for "exclusive streaming rights?"
Oh that’s a nice coup for them. They need anything they can get to survive.
Taking a step back, it's a little sad that exclusion is considered something the industry celebrates now.
Back in the day Doom was literally the number one PC software and everyone copied it. At no detriment to anyone, considering gaming is now the number one entertainment in the world by revenue.
But modern console games are little morcels chopped up and force fed to customers that have no ownership or choice. MSFT is proudly boasting how little of the game the plebs are "exclusively" allowed to stream.
Kids these days don't know how bad they have it.
Huge loss for Stadia and OnLive. I don’t know how the other big game streaming services will survive this.