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It's a mobile world we're living in, and everyone's along for the ride. That includes Microsoft, maker of the Xbox 360 console, which is reportedly going to unlock the capability for developers to stream game content to mobile phones and tablets so that gamers can use them as companion devices, adding a whole new dimension to gaming. Look for an official announcement to come soon.
According to Kotaku's "reliable source," Microsoft will unveil the feature known as Xbox Live Companion either at E3 or sometime very soon. Previously known internally as Smart Glass, Xbox Live Companion is not the same as Xbox Companion, a Marketplace app that lets you connect your Windows Phone to the Xbox 360 and search Xbox Live for movies, TV shows, music, and games.
What Xbox Live Companion will do is let developers have their games send content to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone mobile devices, be they tablets or smartphones. What kind of content? Game maps and status screens are two obvious examples of what could be streamed to a mobile device, but it will really be up to the developers to get creative with it.
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goodtime
June 04, 2012 at 4:21pm
Hasn't the ps3 been able to stream to the psp like this for years now?
Caboose
June 04, 2012 at 8:28am
Hmm... where have I heard this before? Oh, that's right. Nintendo Wii U offers this. Natively. Out of the box. And in HD as well, with no (reported) loss of resolution or framerate.
Now we just have to wait for Sony to make some sort of butchered version as well.
big_montana
June 04, 2012 at 9:20am
You do realize that this feature is also built into Windows 8 - natively - as well? Which means Microsoft has been working on it for 5 years? Which means crap as to who released it first or came up with it first, as no one is buying the Wii.
USraging
June 04, 2012 at 7:00am
This translates to me that they will have to keep the graphics and resources required to a minimum to be able to pull this off. Which means that i may not have a reason to upgrade my i7 960 gtx 580 velociraptor raid 0 any time soon.
