The expansion of Xbox gaming to Fire TV devices offers players another option," Microsoft surprisingly partners with Amazon to deliver Xbox Cloud...

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Unexpectedly, Microsoft has teamed up with cloud tech rival Amazon to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to Amazon Fire devices. This includes the Amazon Fire TV, as well as the Fire TV streaming stick. Here are the details.

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Did I miss something? An announcement of XBOX CLOUD GAMING as a standalone service? Last I heard it was still in official "beta* and just a perk.of Game Pass utimate.

And the announcement of app-based streaming on the Firestick is a bit less impactful than the PR makes it seem because XBOX CLOUD GAMING on Fire devices has long been possible via the Silk browser on the stick as well as the tablets for anybody interested in it. (I've done it myself.)

Best guess is that streaming via the xbox app is the price Amazon is paying for MS putting games on Luna. The tech is good but the basic catalog isn't big enough to justify the price. Much like NVIDIA's service, it's more a slight expansion of the reach of the games than a true competitor to Xcloud, which isn't all that big on its own.