Microsoft and Nvidia have decided to join forces, and as a result of this partnership, Microsoft will be bringing PC Game Pass to Nvidia’s GeForce Now service. The Microsoft Nvidia partnership might start a new era for cloud gaming.
Microsoft intends to make PC Game Pass games available on Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming platform. At a closed Xbox media event in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sarah Bond, the head of the Xbox creative experience, made the announcement.
On all the devices that Nvidia GeForce Now is compatible with, you will be able to play your PC Game Pass library of games, according to Bond.
According to Microsoft, the number of Game Pass subscriptions is growing quickly. In the most recent quarter, there was a 47% year-over-year growth, which resulted in a record number of monthly active users and devices.
As a result, it should come as no surprise that the program has been incredibly successful; during the most recent quarter, Xbox Game Pass generated close to $1 billion in sales. Microsoft claims that its first-party games have over 150 million active players, while it withheld specific figures for the cloud gaming platform.
“We know that players choose to play Xbox because of great content. Our ambition is to release at least four first-party games a year- although we’ll also balance that out with careful consideration for each project’s needs. That’s on top of the work our teams are doing to grow our existing communities that we’ve fostered over many years like The Elder Scrolls Online, Sea of Thieves, Minecraft, Forza, and so on. In the last five years, our teams across Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda have shipped 10 games with over 10 million players each life to date, from new IPs like Sea of Thieves and Grounded to franchise entries like Minecraft Legends and Elder Scrolls Online,” said Xbox in its blog post.
What will the Microsoft NVIDIA partnership will bring to gamers?
So, what will the GeForce Now Game Pass partnership will offer? Members of GeForce Now will be able to “stream select PC games from the library,” but it doesn’t appear to be the entire selection. The ability for PC Game Pass customers to use Nvidia’s better game streaming service with RTX 4080 levels of performance is a major thing for cloud gaming in any case.
As a result, players will be able to access their Game Pass library on any platform, including Macs and low-end devices like Chromebooks, mobile phones, and TVs, thanks to Nvidia GeForce NOW, according to Microsoft.
The Redmond business claims it will roll out support for Game Pass for Nvidia GeForce NOW in the coming months, but a precise release date has not yet been specified. Before you get too enthusiastic, you should be aware that according to Microsoft’s statement, only a limited number of titles will be supported by the cloud gaming platform.
Additionally, it indicates that the PC Game Pass membership is included in Microsoft’s stated support for GeForce Now in the Microsoft Store, which goes beyond your individual purchases. In light of Nvidia’s recent statement that GeForce Now support for the Microsoft Store will “become available in the coming months,” it’s possible that we won’t have to wait too long until PC Game Pass is made accessible on GeForce Now.
This entire project is a result of recent cooperation between Microsoft NVIDIA, which will bring Xbox PC games to GeForce Now. As part of a larger effort to placate regulators over its planned Activision Blizzard purchase, Microsoft negotiated a 10-year arrangement with Nvidia earlier this year to license Xbox PC games to GeForce Now. Access to Activision Blizzard games is also included in the agreement, should authorities accept Microsoft’s proposed takeover.
