Xbox has reportedly managed to pick up a sizable win by signing a deal with Rockstar and Take-Two that gives Xbox exclusive streaming rights to GTA 6.
Tom Warren of The Verge is making the claim, writing that Asha Sharma delivered the news in an all-hands meeting this morning. Presumably, this is the same meeting Jez Corden reported on, although interestingly it was never mentioned in the Windows Central article. It could of been two seperate meetings, or perhaps one of the reports is wrong. So take all this with some salt.
According to what Tom Warren sources told him, Asha Sharma informed staff that Xbox would do something “no other platform holder is doing”. Sources tell Warren the deal gives Xbox exclusive game streaming rights to GTA 6.
Warren says the deal means only Xbox Cloud Streaming can stream GTA 6, although the specifics are unknown. His article also notes that since there’s no PC version of GTA 6 announced, this means PC players could enjoy the game via streaming without needing to own a console.
You would need to own the game itself, presumably, unless Xbox’s deal is even crazier than it sounds.
The news comes just after Xbox announced a radical overhaul to its streaming service. Now, everyone has a limit to how many hours of streaming they can enjoy per month, based on their Game Pass subscription level. Ultimate members get 15 hours, for example. If you want to stream more, you can choose to pay for extra hours.
Next month, Xbox will also open the doors to streaming without a Game Pass subscription, basically letting anyone buy streaming hours, just in time for GTA 6.
