When Microsoft launched Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud for simplicity’s sake) just over a year ago, Minecraft Dungeons was the only game with an on-screen gamepad for playing…
Editor’s take: I don’t know how you feel about touch controls for mobile gaming, but I can’t stand them. The lack of any tactile sensation makes it hard to tell if you are hitting the right part of the screen to make a button press, and often you aren’t. However, virtual gamepads are gaining some popularity with Xbox Cloud Gaming players. When Microsoft launched Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud for simplicity’s sake) just over a year ago, Minecraft Dungeons was the only game with an on-screen gamepad for playing on mobile devices. Since then, more than 100 titles have received touch control support. Surprisingly, its virtual controllers are being used—in some cases—exclusively. Xbox Senior Program Manager Monty Hernandez told The Verge’s Tom Warren that 20 percent of xCloud players solely use touch controls.
