After automatic Google Stadia release, the major cloud manufacturers, game manufacturers also follow up, released their own cloud game plan. This article compares the mainstream 3 plus cloud game vendor services, including business objectives, main measures and so on.
Industry cloud game vendor comparison
| Google Stadia | Microsoft Project xCloud | Tencent Start | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business objectives | Enter the gaming world through cloud gaming: 1. Native cloud game development, distribution and operation platform. 2. Stadia combines with YouTube to innovate game Play (Click Play, Crowd Play, State Share, Google Assistant, Stream Connect) and attract game developers by combining YouTube traffic; It’s also beefing up YouTube’s presence in gaming (against Twitch). |
As more and more people play games on mobile devices (phones/pads), Microsoft wants to use the cloud gaming platform to enable Android phone users to play the vast array of AAA games available on Microsoft’s Xbox/Windows platform. | 1. Bring Tencent games into the family living room through cloud games (playing games in the living room of European and American families is a common phenomenon). 2. Play high-resolution PC/ console games on your mobile phone to break your mobile computing power. 3. Tencent first Game, through cloud games to promote mobile games. |
| The key measures | 1. Stadia+YouTube, realizing Click Play, Crowd Play, State Share, Google Assistant, Stream Connect functions to attract game developers. 2. Game development productivity tool: Project Chimera (automated generation of game material via ML). 3. Distributed cloud game engine GameBus: distributed architecture; Connect multiple Stadia instances through GameBus to realize massively multiplayer online mode; Use Stadia platform exclusive game in Gylt verification. 4. Set up the First Game studio to develop native cloud games. |
1. Release Project xCloud (Preview), which enables you to play some AAA games on Android phones and tablets. 2. Use Touch Adaptation Kit to simplify the Adaptation of existing AAA games to mobile phones or platforms. 3. Project xCloud (Preview) is closing and cloud games are includedXbox Game Pass UltimateSubscription: $14.99 / month for 100+ cloud, console, PC games. 4. Cooperate with Razer to customize game controllers for mobile phones. |
1. Tencent Start, which has been invited to test since 2019 and is connected based on Tencent’s WeGame platform. 2. Tencent GameMatrix, a platform for game manufacturers to cloud their games. 3. Tencent Pre-game App, which is open to game manufacturers to promote games. |
| Technology stack | New: Linux+Valkun+Stadia SDK | Inheritance: Windows + DX + TAK/CloudAwareAPI | PC/ Console games: Windows+DX |
| Game adaptation difficulty | high | low | low |
| The game of ecological | With the help of cloud game track, reconstruct game ecology | Maintain the existing XBox gaming ecosystem and expand XBox content to mobile devices | Maintain the existing game ecosystem and expand the game to a wider audience |
Reference
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Tencent Start
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