Internal emails from the FTC v. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) case revealed Microsoft planned to stream PC games over the cloud.
While Xbox Cloud Gaming currently streams Xbox titles, Microsoft aimed to use its Azure servers to enable the streaming of native PC games, The Verge reported.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discussed this in a July 2021 email with Xbox chief Phil Spencer, expressing concern about Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL)-owned Google's Stadia potential advantage in cloud gaming.
"Seems like they will have a leg up because their stuff is more generic Linux VMs + Network... But I am assuming ...