Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass is expanding its cloud gaming options on Xbox.com with a new option that lets players choose their streaming service. The “Play With Cloud” option now includes multiple streaming platform choices: Xbox Cloud Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce NOW.
This is great news for PC gamers, as NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud streaming services are widely considered the best for cloud gaming thanks to leveraging the powerful GeForce RTX 4080 hardware (for those with the highest tier plans), RTX technologies like DLSS and Frame Generation, with support for VRR and G-SYNC displays. It even supports up to 240Hz or 240FPS.
On the downside, Xbox Cloud Gaming is limited to 1080p 60 FPS on consoles with higher latency. Microsoft is still betting on Xbox Cloud Gaming, as the service is available on Samsung smart TVs and recently found its way to Amazon’s Fire Stick streaming devices.
As an Xbox member, you’ll need to link accounts for this to work properly, such as Microsoft, Steam, and GeForce NOW. As a cloud gaming service, GeForce NOW isn’t a platform that sells games. It lets you stream some of the games you own on Steam, Epic Games, Battle.net, or compatible titles that are part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
At the time of writing, the ability to choose between different cloud gaming services has yet to be integrated into the dedicated Xbox app for Windows. Hopefully, it’s only a matter of time. It’ll be interesting to see how far Microsoft is willing to go in this direction; we’d also like to see GeForce NOW as an option on Xbox Series X|S consoles.
Cloud gaming relies on a fast, stable internet connection with access to servers, and this is the case with Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce NOW.