Microsoft’s PC games will begin appearing on Boosteroid in the coming weeks, a Ukrainian cloud gaming service that recently expanded its footprint to include the US.
Microsoft is looking increasingly desperate to lock down Activision Blizzard in the face of increasing regulatory scrutiny. Microsoft is on its best behavior, licensing its game properties like there’s no tomorrow, and that’s a good thing for gamers. After inking long-term content deals with Nintendo and NVIDIA, Microsoft has partnered with another, lesser-known cloud gaming platform. In the coming weeks, Microsoft’s PC games will begin appearing on Boosteroid, a Ukrainian cloud gaming service that recently expanded its footprint to include the US.
Sony’s PlayStation 5 is outselling the Xbox Series X/S by about a third, making this the second generation in a row that Sony has dominated. Microsoft correctly identified its lack of in-house blockbuster franchises as a weakness in its struggle to keep up with Sony, and one solution is to buy content.
