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Microsoft’s cloud gaming service for Xbox recently added Microsoft Flight Simulator to its catalog of games, allowing Xbox One, phones, tablets and browsers to play through the cloud service. However, unlike the PC version, it cannot currently be manipulated through the mouse and keyboard. However, in a developer Q&A, Jorg Neumann, the boss of “Microsoft Flight Simulation”, said that Microsoft will add support for keyboards and mice at the “platform level”, which means that not only “Microsoft Flight Simulation”, other games should also be able to Play with mouse and keyboard.
In response to a query from The Verge, a Microsoft spokesperson said the feature is indeed being developed, but declined to provide an exact timetable for its launch. The spokesperson only stated that “Microsoft Flight Simulation” supports standard handle input, and is experimenting with touch and (mobile device) gyroscope operation, and is very much looking forward to keyboard and mouse support coming to the platform, but there is currently no sharing. information or schedule.
Keyboard and mouse support is important in two ways. First of all, players who connect to the Xbox cloud game service through the PC interface can play without having to purchase a controller; on the other hand, Microsoft can also add native games that are more suitable for keyboard and mouse (such as “Century Empire IV”), Bring it to the Xbox cloud gaming platform.