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Xbox Targets Mobile Gamers With New Cloud Service in Japan
- xCloud game streaming service to launch in Japan by June 2021
- Many small Japanese creators to release games first on Xbox
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Microsoft Corp. will launch its cloud-based video game streaming service in Japan by June next year, expanding its investment into one of the world’s largest gaming arenas.
The streaming service’s debut there shows Microsoft’s commitment to what is the fastest-growing market for Game Pass subscriptions, said Xbox chief Phil Spencer in a video recorded for this year’s virtual Tokyo Games Show. The company has already started testing the technology for next year’s launch in Japan, said Xbox Asia business chief Jeremy Hinton in an interview, without adding further details.