Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights
Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights
Xbox 已获得《GTA 6》独家流媒体播放权
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees that Microsoft is getting ready to do something around Grand Theft Auto VI that “no other platform holder is doing” during an employee all-hands this morning. According to sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans, Xbox has managed to land a deal for the exclusive game streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto VI.
Xbox 首席执行官 Asha Sharma 在今天上午的员工全体会议上表示，微软正准备围绕《侠盗猎车手 6》（Grand Theft Auto VI）开展一项“其他平台持有者从未做过”的举措。据熟悉微软计划的消息人士透露，Xbox 已经成功达成了一项协议，获得了《侠盗猎车手 6》的独家游戏流媒体播放权。
The deal will mean only Xbox Cloud Gaming can stream Grand Theft Auto VI to players at launch, but it’s not clear how long the agreement will be in place. Rockstar Games still hasn’t announced a PC version of Grand Theft Auto VI, so this deal will allow Xbox to market its Xbox Cloud Gaming service to PC players who would otherwise need an Xbox Series X / S or PS5 console.
这意味着在游戏发布时，只有 Xbox 云游戏（Xbox Cloud Gaming）能够向玩家提供《侠盗猎车手 6》的流媒体服务，但目前尚不清楚该协议的有效期有多长。由于 Rockstar Games 尚未宣布《侠盗猎车手 6》的 PC 版本，这项协议将使 Xbox 能够向那些原本需要购买 Xbox Series X/S 或 PS5 主机的 PC 玩家推广其 Xbox 云游戏服务。
News of the streaming rights comes around a month after Microsoft announced some major changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming. From November, the same month Grand Theft Auto VI releases, Microsoft is limiting streaming hours to just 15 hours for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, 10 hours for Premium subscribers, and just five hours for Game Pass Essential.
在宣布这一流媒体版权消息的前一个月，微软刚刚宣布了对 Xbox 云游戏的一些重大调整。从 11 月（即《侠盗猎车手 6》发布同月）开始，微软将限制流媒体时长：Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 订阅用户每月仅限 15 小时，Premium 订阅用户 10 小时，而 Game Pass Essential 用户仅限 5 小时。
Microsoft is also opening up access to Xbox Cloud Gaming with a pay-as-you-go option next month, rather than being limited to Game Pass subscriptions. The pay-as-you-go option is perfectly timed for Grand Theft Auto VI, allowing those who don’t own an Xbox, or who primarily play from a phone, to stream the game by paying for a bundle of hours.
微软还将在下个月推出按需付费（pay-as-you-go）选项，以开放 Xbox 云游戏的访问权限，不再局限于 Game Pass 订阅。这一按需付费选项对于《侠盗猎车手 6》来说时机恰到好处，它允许那些没有 Xbox 主机或主要通过手机进行游戏的玩家，通过购买时长套餐来体验这款游戏。
During the Xbox all-hands, Sharma also told employees that Project Helix, the next generation of Xbox hardware, will be a “family of devices” and that Microsoft will partner with others on some of those devices. Sharma first called Helix a family of devices last month in an interview, after Microsoft and AMD announced a “strategic multi-year partnership” last year to work together on “a portfolio of devices,” including Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console.
在 Xbox 全体员工会议上，Sharma 还透露，下一代 Xbox 硬件项目“Project Helix”将是一个“设备系列”，并且微软将在其中部分设备上与其他厂商展开合作。Sharma 上个月在一次采访中首次将 Helix 称为设备系列；此前，微软和 AMD 去年宣布建立“多年战略合作伙伴关系”，共同开发包括微软下一代 Xbox 主机在内的“设备组合”。