What Microsoft Has To Say?
Microsoft announced that it will launch “Microsoft Game Stack,”, a group of services which will allow game developers to do certain things such as match players of related skill levels and host multiplayer games.
The services are planned to work for titles played on any of the devices irrespective of operating systems.
Though Microsoft is a bit behind, however, it could catch on. Microsoft hopes to show off its experience while matching players of similar skill online. As the service used requires machine learning and the company has been using it for years via Xbox Live service
Why The Change?
It also holds quite a few renowned titles such as Halo sci-fi action franchise for Xbox and Windows, Minecraft, a famous game for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Microsoft’s executive vice president for gaming, Phil Spencer, told Reuters, “Any device you’re going to pick up today, consumer gaming is almost surely one of the top engagements and monetization businesses on that device. As we were looking at our place in the gaming business and our place and things like Azure and the other services that Microsoft offers, we were seeing more and more synergy.”
What Experts Have To Say About The Situation?
Harding-Rolls said, “Microsoft intends to be as agnostic as possible – even supporting other cloud service providers and all platforms – but you have to think that these tools will end with more companies using Azure as a result.”
