Flight Simulator is one of the great titles in the history of videogames, developed by Microsoft, and which returned to our computers just two years ago after a break of more than 14 in which it showed why it is the benchmark when it comes to enjoying from a real aerial simulation . That being so, that return had a small problem that those from Redmond have been solving over the months.
A huge Flight Simulator
That huge problem is none other than its enormous quality and size, which made it impossible, first, to port it to the new Xbox Series X | S to enjoy it natively and, therefore, it was also out of the reach of the old Xbox One. It was not until last year that the Redmond team achieved something that seemed impossible, such as bringing the game to their next-generation machines , so there was less left to cover the entire spectrum of consoles available on the market.
Only Xbox One was left out of the equation, limited by its 2013 hardware that made a specific port impossible . So what has Microsoft thought? Indeed, resorting to the game in the cloud, to that xCloud that is still in beta phase but that we can already try to take a few walks in the sky without paying attention to any other detail other than having a fast internet connection. A tablet, a mobile or even a Chromebook will help you run Flight Simulator with amazing quality.
How can we play without Xbox SEries X|S and without PC?
The way to enjoy this Microsoft Flight Simulator without powerful hardware and the more than 100GB installation size is to stream it through a browser . To carry it out, we just have to connect to the official page of the service and then create a shortcut icon on the home screen of our iPhone or Android smartphone. Later log in with your Microsoft user and you will have it.
Well, first you must have a subscription to Xbox Game Pass since the entire platform works thanks to that flat video game rate that Americans give us monthly and that already exceeds 100 titles. Only then will the button to play with Microsoft Flight Simulator appear activated in green as you can see in the screenshot that you have just above. If everything is OK, then you just have to click on Play to start the game.
Of course, in the case of Flight Simulator , the presence of a gamepad is necessary or, otherwise, we will receive an error message that alerts us that the game cannot be started. And it is that although some developments could be handled with the touch panel of a mobile phone, a tablet or a Chromebook, it is always advisable to have a specific gamepad for these tasks.
And it goes without saying that in the same way that we can play away from a PC (with good hardware) or an Xbox Series X|S, our old Xbox Ones also join the club of machines where it is possible to play a game with this Flight Simulator . Even if it is through the game in the cloud that the North Americans have already activated.