Microsoft Xbox Cloud Games: Mouse and Keyboard Controls Soon Available; But When?

Microsoft is making the Xbox Cloud Gaming titles available to control using the usual peripherals preferred by gamers, the mouse and keyboard. However, it is not yet available now, and gamers would have to wait for the feature before it presents itself to platform users, especially now that it will bring a different experience for those wanting additional control.

Microsoft Xbox Cloud to Feature Mouse and Keyboard Controls

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"Microsoft Flight Simulator Head," Jorg Neumann, confirmed in an interview that the Microsoft Xbox Cloud gaming platform brings a new feature to control the games, and it is the keyboard and mouse for the service. The quality would suit PC gamers well, especially as it would give them a familiar feel to several games that need installation for the device.

Neumann said that it would be a "platform-level" support, meaning that it would be available to almost all games of the Xbox Cloud gaming feature, focusing on the many offers of the cloud gaming platform. He stated that the quality would be available for all, offering a new focus on the gaming experience giving more hands-on control with the mouse and keyboard.

Microsoft: Xbox Cloud Features Confirmed by MFS Head

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According to Windows Central, the Xbox Cloud gaming features will come from the Series S and X and Xbox One titles to cross-platform features. It will also integrate native PC games to the console games, with a vice versa experience that will make keyboard and mouse controls available for the platform, giving users a chance to access it in their most relaxed state.

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Microsoft's Head, Phil Spencer, is planning different offers for the Xbox Cloud gaming platform to give users various choices in their offers for the service. The cloud platform aims to have other outlets and devices to play its many games in the library, venturing more outside the first offers of the company that focuses on smartphone devices.

The iOS was the first platform to access the Xbox Cloud gaming platform, focusing its features on the Safari browser with over 100 games to access via the smartphone. The Android platform soon got its feature for the Xbox Cloud and followed the steps of the iOS for the smartphone, focusing on the many offers it brings for the portable gaming experience.

It will no longer gatekeep the features on the touch screen and wireless controllers for smartphones and computers, especially with new peripherals and accessories to use the devices. The confirmation of the MFS head is a massive indication that the Xbox Cloud gaming features will come to the platform, focusing more on integrating keyboard and mouse controls.

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