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South Korean operator SK Telecom and Microsoft have launched ‘SKT 5GX Cloud Game’ powered by Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in the local market. This makes South Korea the first Asian market to offer Xbox’s cloud gaming service, SK Telecom said. ‘SKT 5GX Cloud Game’ powered by Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, is a subscription service that allows users to play more than 100 games in the Xbox Game Pass catalog for a monthly fee of KRW 16,700.
Subscribers will be able to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere, by accessing the cloud server via Android phones or tablets. Users can also download and play Game Pass titles on their PCs and Xbox consoles as part of their subscription. The service is also available to subscribers of other mobile operators in South Korea.
SK Telecom and Microsoft carried out the preview of Project xCloud in South Korea for about a year and found that 55 percent of users played cloud games at home via Wi-Fi connectivity, while the The remaining 45 percent did it outside of their homes through mobile connectivity. .
SK Telecom has launched a combined service called ‘Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Controller Pack’, which provides a 12-month payment plan to purchase a dedicated Xbox controller along with 12 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, priced at KRW 22,000. per month.
In conjunction with the launch of the new Xbox Series X and Xbox S console devices in November of this year, SK Telecom announced plans to begin offering Microsoft’s Xbox All Access (XAA) bundle that provides access to a new console coming soon. generation, combined with a 24-month console. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, through a more affordable monthly payment.
