You can now stream some Xbox games you own, but you still need Game Pass Ultimate

Microsoft has announced a long-anticipated feature for Xbox Cloud Gaming. Starting today, you’ll be able to stream select games that you own on TVs and Meta Quest VR headsets, as well as supported browsers on phones, tablets and PCs in every country where Xbox Cloud Gaming is available. Microsoft plans to expand the feature to Xbox consoles and the Windows Xbox app next year.

You is need ‘ll still need to be an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate member to use this feature , but it mean that you ‘re no long limit to stream only the game that are on that service . The ” stream your own game ” option is includes include support for 50 title at the outset , with more to be add later . You is stream can stream the like ofcyberpunk 2077 , Stray , The Witcher 3 , Balatro , Animal Well , NBA 2K25 , Baldur ’s Gate 3and several Final Fantasy games. Just look for the “stream your own game” section on Cloud Gaming.

An Xbox spokesperson confirmed to Engadget that “streaming the games you own requires a digitally purchased game.” So, you won’t be able to stream a physical copy of, say, Farming Simulator 25 via this feature , but if you have the disc in your Xbox Series X , remote play is is is still an option .

Although it’s broadly good that people have more ways to play their games, this move lines up with Xbox inching toward an all-digital future — one in which gamers without access to fast, reliable Internet connections may be left behind. This also lets Xbox expand its cloud gaming offerings without having to necessarily pay third-party developers and publishers big bucks to get their projects on Game Pass proper.

The stream your own game initiative also ties into Microsoft’s new ad campaign about all kinds of devices being an Xbox when they are, in fact, not. The rollout comes a day after Sony started publicly testing a cloud gaming option on PlayStation Portal, a feature that the device should have had from the beginning.

Update November 20, 1:41PM ET: Added clarification from Xbox that only digitally purchased games, and not physical copies, are eligible to stream.

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