Apple’s iOS walled garden is facing its most serious assault yet in the ongoing Epic Games v. Apple trial. Microsoft exec Lori Wright told the court yesterday that Microsoft engaged with Apple to understand why the xCloud game streaming client wasn’t permitted in the App Store, The Verge reports. To illustrate its argument, Microsoft used its Shadow streaming platform, which Apple has allowed in the store. According to Wright, Apple then went and pulled Shadow instead of admitting it was applying the rules arbitrarily.
- Apple has changed its App Store guidelines to allow streaming services like Microsoft xCloud, Google Stadia, and NVIDIA'S GeForce Now on iOS devices. Each game, however, has to be.
- This Windows app not only will allow you to stream your games from the cloud and deliver the xCloud experience to devices and computers running Windows 10. The app will also allow you to stream.
- Note: this app is not a game and does not include any features that allow for playing games. This app is an unofficial fan-made guide/catalog that facilitates access to video games available on Xbox consoles. The app is not affiliated with Microsoft or any of the publishers and developers of games that are listed in the app.
- In addition to adding an app for certain TVs, Microsoft has also announced a new streaming stick that will be completely dedicated to xCloud. This will most likely work the same way Google Stadia.
The Gamepass app though (beta or non beta) has horrible pixilation and blurriness however the input lag is great and bluetooth audio is normal. Now if they combined them both the experience on XCloud would be unreal! I find the app also complains about the connection. I just upgraded from Cable 100/10Mbps to Fiber 1/1Gbps and it still complains.
The trial is centered on Apple’s decision to remove Fortnite from the App Store, an action that Epic openly invited when it added a direct purchase option for the game’s V-bucks virtual currency. This runs afoul of Apple’s developer policy, which requires apps to use its payment platform, thereby guaranteeing Apple a 30 percent cut of all sales. This has been a thorn in the side of developers for years, but Epic is the first developer with enough cash and power to fight back (thanks to the incredible success of Fortnite).
While Epic was bickering with Apple, Microsoft was having a parallel disagreement with Apple about its xCloud game streaming service. As Epic is out to prove Apple is behaving in an anti-competitive manner, Microsoft became a natural ally. Google encountered the same iOS roadblocks with Stadia, but Epic is also embroiled in a legal battle over the Play Store. It’s not surprising the company’s lawyers turned to Microsoft to help make its case instead of Google.
Wright explained that Microsoft appealed Apple’s decision to block xCloud by pointing out that Netflix and Microsoft’s own Shadow have similar business models, and yet both of those apps were allowed in the App Store. In the case of Shadow, users can run a virtual desktop with a high-end PC capable of game streaming. As a result, Apple pulled the Shadow app from its store. Wright insists it wasn’t Microsoft’s intention to tattle on Shadow, and they had no expectation Apple would react the way it did.
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Shadow was able to get reinstated to the App Store by framing it as a full virtual PC. While Shadow is capable of playing games, it doesn’t sell any directly. The iPhone maker eventually added clear rules about game streaming platforms on the App Store, but the restrictions would hobble a service like xCloud. Microsoft decided instead to rebuild the service for the browser and skip the App Store entirely. Airing Apple’s dirty laundry probably won’t change how it operates, but it could well turn the case in Epic’s favor.
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