For Samsung’s part, its spokesperson said the company hoped to “extend the device coverage in the near future”. What if your connection hiccups and you lose that major progress made in Red Dead Redemption 2?įor now, the hub is limited to Samsung’s 2022 TVs and monitors, and it’s unclear exactly how Microsoft will deliver Xbox Cloud to other big screens not connected to its consoles. The bigger question is whether Xbox’s games can stream on Samsung’s Game Hub, stably, for several hours on end, and that’s something that can only be answered after extensive testing. Don’t expect 4K or variable refresh rates beyond 60 fps – this is still cloud gaming, although we get 4K streams on Stadia. I’m sold on the idea already – I just don’t have a 2022 Samsung TV. That’s what I did, and I started to hate that I’ll never be able to do this on my PS5. Type in your destination for an exploration flight (or, easier on a controller, set your cursor on the world map), and just fly and fly and fly. On a big TV, even while standing up, playing Flight Simulator turns into a meditative experience. Some early previews of Samsung’s Gaming Hub kept gaming media to familiar hits, but with Xbox rolling out the entire Game Pass experience, I got to test its limits with Flight Simulator, a game that benefits from speedier load times and avoiding those pesky huge patch files. This will be familiar news to anyone that’s already streamed games with Xbox Cloud or Google’s Stadia, but, all the games I tried were smooth, with incredibly swift load speeds. I can even use my DualSense controller because I’m that kind of person. I had an extended play session during a launch showcase at Samsung’s London event space, and it made me, a PlayStation gamer, an offer I can’t refuse: Play Xbox games from the cloud with no additional hardware, aside from a Bluetooth-connected controller.

It’s bigger news, however, when a console maker - and its huge catalog of games on Game Pass Ultimate – offers game streaming straight from your TV. The Xbox app is now available on Samsung’s latest smart TVs and monitors, alongside apps for rival gaming services like Stadia and NVIDIA’s GeForce Now. It took a bit of time, but you can now stream Xbox games from your TV without a Microsoft console in sight.

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