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Thursday • May 9, 2024
Microsoft Plans Mobile-Game Store, Vying With Apple, Google
The Store Will Debut With Microsoft’s Own Games, Offering Discounts On In-Game Items
Microsoft Corp. will launch its own online store for mobile-game consumables in July, creating an alternative to Apple Inc. and Google’s app stores and their fees. The browser-based store will debut with Microsoft’s own games, offering discounts on in-game items associated with titles like Candy Crush Saga. Xbox President Sarah Bond announced the move Thursday at the Bloomberg Technology Summit. Later, Microsoft will open the store to other publishers.
Bond says the store is launching on the web, versus an app, so it’s “accessible across all devices, all countries, no matter what, independent of the policies of closed ecosystem stores.”
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Tuesday • October 3, 2023
Samsung is adding cloud gaming to your Galaxy phone, and it could arrive this week
Samsung Has Somewhat Quietly Been Working on its Own Cloud Gaming Service For a While Now
“Apparently, the goal is to eliminate download times for games. Users would be able to stream mobile games immediately without downloading the title from the Play Store or Galaxy Store, which Samsung hopes will make ads for games more effective. The company is apparently also planning to cut service fees for this cloud gaming option to be below the 30% seen through the Play Store and Apple App Store in order to attract developers.”
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