As part of a long-running project known as Project Lapland inside Microsoft, the software giant has been readying its Xbox Cloud Gaming servers to be able to support streaming thousands of games.

The Game Company, a Dubai gaming startup, has raised $10 million to build the next cloud gaminginfrastructure based on blockchain technology.

That has led both Spencer and Xbox defenders, fans and press, to say Microsoft is smart to focus on Game Pass and cloud gaming, growing their subscription ambitions as recurrent revenue as opposed ...