According to GI.biz today, Hoffman believes that while bringing a lot of games to mobile devices is one of the main attractions of cloud gaming, it’s playing cloud games on TVs that will be key to mainstreaming cloud gaming. He said in the interview, “Different people have different preferences, and certain games lend themselves to being played on smaller screens, but one of the reasons I’m excited about Xbox’s TV app is that our games can really shine on the big screen, and these games are made for the big screen.”

The announcement comes after Microsoft released its Xbox TV app with Samsung, which is currently only available on Samsung’s 2022 TVs. Because these TVs have only been available for eight months, the Xbox TV app has fewer users.

People are used to watching movies and TV shows through streaming platforms like Netflix or Disney +,” Hoffman said. We wanted to give users the ability to play games via streaming in the same way as they would watch a movie on Netflix. That simplicity is what’s needed for cloud gaming to become mainstream.”

At the same time, Hoffman believes that Xbox cannot attract players only through the game console and PC, Xbox needs to lower the threshold of the game and enhance the appeal by developing cloud games.

This year’s Cologne Game Show, Xbox showed off the actual experience of its TV app. At the same time, Hoffman said that although the TV on display was connected via a network cable, Xbox has completed most of the testing of wired and wireless connections, and Xbox will gradually enhance the user’s cloud gaming experience.

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Microsoft announced a month ago that the Xbox Cloud Gaming App would be coming to Samsung’s 2022 smart TVs. Today, the feature has officially launched and is available in all countries where the Xbox Cloud Gaming service is currently supported. This will allow those with an XGP Ultimate membership subscription to play a wide range of games currently supported by XGP directly on their TV in the cloud, without any additional hardware.

Of course, players need to have a Bluetooth handle. The good news is that most consoles come with Bluetooth connectivity, such as the PS4, PS5 DualSense handle and Xbox’s own handle can be used directly.

Although there are many games for players to download and play, cloud games are sometimes not ideal in effect, so XGP is a major selling point that many players do not get to experience. But according to reports, XGP is currently planning to launch a family program in the future, so that the whole family can use a subscription to play games, which makes the original inexpensive XGP even more attractive.

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