At Gamescom this year, I was able to briefly speak to Mark Skwarski (Senior Product Marketing Manager) about Microsoft's forthcoming platform strategy. And whilst Mark couldn't go into detail about Project Scarlett, he did briefly speak to me about how it was Microsoft's mission to offer choice - with the company believing that its forthcoming console would offer a good balance of raw power mixed with speed. But with Google recently announcing that it was entering the console game playing space with its Stadia console, it was also interesting to note that Microsoft is also preparing its very own cloud gaming platform. Codenamed Project xCloud, the company envisages it as being part of its continuing mission in offering players choice, with it being a complementary service to its Xbox One and forthcoming Project Scarlett. After all, "the future of gaming is a world where you are empowered to play the games you want, with the people you want, whenever you want, wherever you are, and on any device of your choosing".
Even though Mark Skwarski couldn't comment on how the xCloud gaming service would translate to mobiles, and whether gaming experiences would be similar irrespective of device, he was adamant that it was all part of the c...