It is clear that cloud gaming is here to stay and one of the services is Microsoft’s XCloud. This is based on using Xbox consoles remotely as remote game servers to be able to play from any device. Of course, this requires that we use a system that is compatible with the application as a game terminal. Well, for those who don’t want to buy a Microsoft console to play the brand’s games, a solution will appear in the coming months. Future device release for Xbox Cloud under codename KeyStone.
The Xbox brand is on the rise in the last two years, especially with its two next-generation consoles, however, and at the same time Cloud Gaming is getting better and better. This is due not only to new generation hardware, but also to improved internet connections. Which has materially democratized the fact of being able to play from the living room without having to buy a physical console. The counterpart of it? Not having your own games and having to pay more for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service. However, it is a good solution to test the Microsoft console.
What is KeyStone and how does it relate to Xbox in the cloud?
KeyStone is nothing more than a small device that will connect to our television Y It will allow us to use the XCloud application from it directly. This means that we will be able to access Microsoft’s cloud gaming service without having to purchase additional hardware. -Which is ideal for users who cannot purchase an Xbox Series at the moment and do not have a SmartTV that is not compatible with the app. At the same time, this means that Xbox Ones, which are compatible with said software, will soon disappear from stores.
So that the internal KeyStone hardware will not be that of an Xbox Seriesbut a much simpler one. As games will run remotely on Microsoft servers. All this piece of hardware will do is capture our button presses, send it over the internet, and then receive the encoded frames back as video that is displayed on the player’s TV. Although at the moment we do not know its release date, the proximity of the annual Xbox conference where they will present their future releases could be when they reveal both the price and its availability.
Outside of this we don’t know much more, we don’t even know if it will use the Xbox brand. Specific, KeyStone would not stop being a kind of Chromecast but with certain improvements and optimizations. For example, the use of image quality improvement systems or optimizations for network connectivity. Because we don’t know, we don’t know what quality and resolution levels the device will aim for and therefore what its requirements will be for network connectivity.
