What you need to know
- Cloud gaming is a relatively new market that allows gamers to stream titles from a remote server, bypassing the need for local hardware.
- Microsoft and NVIDIA are seen as frontrunners in the space, although PlayStation, Amazon, and various others also have services.
- Today, Sony's PlayStation division announced that it has beat Microsoft to a long-awaited Xbox Cloud Gaming feature: the ability to play games you personally own digitally in its service.
- As of right now, on Xbox Cloud Gaming, you only get access to games that are available in the Xbox Game Pass library. Once those games leave, even if you own them, you can no longer play them via the cloud.
- Microsoft has previously announced an intent to bring Xbox players' digital libraries to Xbox Cloud Gaming, but the feature has yet to materialize.
