I Played Starfield On A Big Dumb Screen
As we sit right on the cusp of huge changes to the Xbox business model, I decided to enjoy some of Microsoft’s biggest exclusive games in the silliest way possible: through Xbox Cloud Gaming on a VR headset.
I bought a Quest 2 recently thanks to its new lower price, and as it runs on an Android-derived OS, it was pretty darn easy to Bluetooth sync one of my Xbox controllers. In the earlier days of VR gaming, a bunch of games used standard controllers for game inputs with head tracking for camera shifting, but now most current games offer full support for tracked motion controllers.
Microsoft was able to build on that now-ancient controller support and bring their mobile Xbox Cloud Gaming app to VR just before the end of last year. The core app experience, on the surface, isn’t any different from streaming games to your phone. If you have a Game Pass Ultimate membership, you can quickly start streaming any of their available subscription games to your device at what I would call “totally okay” video quality — assuming there isn’t a large queue waiting to play.
The VR version of the app brings in two key yet also somewhat meaningless improvements. It’s set inside a fully three dimensional room that’s vaguely…
