IMicrosoft, eyaziwa yibo bonke ngeWindows neHhovisi, nayo ungumnikazi nomakhi weziduduzo ze-XBOX (Njengamanje, iXBOX One S neXBOX One X).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaphandle kokudala lezi ziduduzo ze-XBOX, futhi idale insiza ebukhoma ye-XBOX, ipulatifomu yabadlali abaningi eku-inthanethi nokusatshalaliswa kokuqukethwe okusakazwayo.
I-XBOX Live iyona evumela abadlali beXBOX ukuthi badlale ku-inthanethi nabanye abadlali abavela emhlabeni jikelele, kodwa hhayi kuzo zonke izingxenyekazi. U-Sony, isibonelo, nge-PlayStation isebenzisa ipulatifomu yayo, i-PlayStation Plus.
Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi ngenyanga ezayo, IMicrosoft izokwethula i-SDK (Software Development Kit) ezovumela abathuthukisi be-iOS kanye ne-Android ukuthi basebenzise amasevisi e-XBOX Live emidlalweni yalezi zinhlelo zokusebenza.
Isinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu sokuya phambili kwiMicrosoft, okungaba njalo inkampani yokuqala enkulu ukuvula izinsizakalo zayo zabadlali abaningi eziku-inthanethi kuzingxenyekazi zokudlala ezivela eceleni, Nabo bonke abadlali, njengoba kuzovumela ukudlala kwepulatifomu phakathi kweXBOX, i-Android, i-iOS, kanye neNintendo switch (elinye ipulatifomu i-XBOX Live SDK engafinyelela kulo).
Kufanele ukhumbule lokho lokhu akuyona into ezosivumela ukuthi sidlale imidlalo ye-XBOX kusuka ku-iPhone noma i-iPad yethu. Le nsizakalo yemidlalo yokusakaza, nayo okuke kwaba namahlebezi okuthi ifike futhi eyokuphela konyaka, yaziwa njengephrojekthi yeXCloud.
Akukaziwa ukuthi le nsizakalo izofika kanjani ku-iOS naku-Android, kuzofanele silinde isethulo sayo esisemthethweni ukuthola. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, khumbula ukuthi ukusebenzisa izinsiza ezibukhoma ze-XBOX ku-XBOX yakho, Kumele sivumelane ne-XBOX Live Gold, okubhaliselwe (ngaphandle kokunikezwa, yize kuvame ukuba khona) kwe- € 6,99 ngenyanga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kungukubhaliswa okubandakanya okunikezwayo ngisho nemidlalo yamahhala, ngaphandle kwensiza yabadlali abaningi online yokudlala.