Although Microsoft told about this last week in a report for the Brazilian regulator, the media only paid attention to the detail now.

Sony continues to selectively abandon the exclusivity of some of its titles. The MLB baseball simulator The Show 21, which was previously released only on PlayStation, will also appear on Xbox for the first time. This is hinted at, among other things, by the cover of the game merged into the network.The covers of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox One versions of the game were shared by a well-known insider Anerdydad.

The performance of the versions of Cyberpunk 2077 for PS4 and Xbox One remained a mystery before the release, as the developers provided review copies exclusively for PC. As a result, for many owners of consoles of the last generation, the project turned out to be almost unplayable.Cyberpunk 2077 Picture Difference between Xbox One and Powerful PC

Now Xbox One remains the only console where you need to pay to play freeplay titles. If the disadvantages for gamers are obvious, then what is the benefit of such a policy for Microsoft and will they be able to abandon it in the future?Kotaku drew attention to this problem after the developers of Rocket League announced the transition to frituplay.

Samsung and Xbox have entered into a partnership in the field of cloud gaming. The companies are working together on a kind of streaming solution.

In new games for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, the chance of items falling out of loot boxes will always be indicated. Console games that violate this rule will simply not be published.

The ban on consoles in China was lifted just five years ago. To date, the annual turnover of the console market has exceeded $760 million. And, according to analysts, in 2023, the Chinese console segment will cost about $ 1.5 billion.

In January-May, sales of Nintendo products on the Russian market for the first time were higher than those of Microsoft. This follows from the report of the group of companies “M.Video-Eldorado” for the first five months of 2019.

The development of the Project Scarlett console requires Microsoft to reallocate resources. Therefore, the company announced that it is gradually phasing out work with the Xbox One backward compatibility catalog.

Microsoft xCloud has received a launch date. The game streaming service will be launched in October this year.

Last year, Microsoft began distributing Xbox One in installments. Now there is a similar program in Russia. It’s called Xbox Forward.

The game was released last October for Xbox One and PC.

NPD summed up the sales of consoles, games and accessories in the USA for November 2018. The data of the analytical firm leads Gameindustry.biz .

In the first nine months, console sales in Russia reached 6.8 billion rubles. According to the forecasts of retailers “M.Video” and “Eldorado”, by the end of the year the turnover of this market will exceed 12 billion rubles.

Bill Gates’ company took an unexpected step in the hope of surpassing Sony PlayStation 4 in sales. Microsoft launched the Xbox All Access initiative. According to its terms, the user receives a set-top box (Xbox One X or Xbox One S to choose from) and a subscription to two main gaming services. In return, he will have to pay the company a certain amount every month for two years.

Nintendo and Microsoft have launched a joint advertising campaign in honor of the release of the Minecraft multiplatform update. “It’s better together,” the competitors assure, while Sony continues to resist and does not allow playing under the same account on different platforms.

In terms of sales of digital and physical copies of games in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the FIFA 18 simulator remains in first place, and the first-person role-playing action Vampyr from Dontnod Entertainment debuted in second place.

PUBG Corp. And Xbox reported selling 3 million copies of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLE Royale for Xbox One in the first month after release, with 1 million copies sold out in the first 48 hours.

Microsoft is negotiating with Bluehole Studio to extend the exclusive period of the PvP shooter version of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds for the Xbox One platform amid negotiations on the release of the game on PS4.