{"id":264433,"date":"2023-12-02T08:31:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=318754"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:29:50","slug":"google-and-apple-are-going-to-have-a-new-competitor-in-the-world-of-xbox-app-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-and-apple-are-going-to-have-a-new-competitor-in-the-world-of-xbox-app-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Google and Apple are going to have a new competitor in the world of app stores: Xbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xbox is the definition of not giving up in the console war. That my competition has more games? I buy exclusives by the bucketload. That despite everything the public prefers it? I ask if it&#8217;s possible to sneak Gamepass. And, why not,<strong> I try to make the leap to mobiles<\/strong>. And in those is <strong>Phil Spencer<\/strong>, who has already announced that it will take much less than we think to see its app store hand in hand with Google Play and the App Store. Earthquakes are coming.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I app-posed it all<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Xbox Mobile Platform (which may change its name, of course) was leaked in October, as part of the documentation needed to buy <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/activision-blizzard-planned-to-set-up-an-app-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Activision Blizzard. <\/a>What we didn&#8217;t imagine was that its launch would be imminent<\/strong>. And it makes sense: Activision Blizzard bought in 2015 King, the developer of &#8216;Candy Crush&#8217;, which if it only appears in Microsoft&#8217;s app store already has halfway done. Like starting a race a hundred meters ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obviously, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/these-are-the-xbox-game-pass-games-for-december-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Xbox<\/a><\/strong> knows that it will not be easy to resist in this market, so they are betting everything on a single word: decision. Allowing users to move on their own on their own phone and <strong>decide whether they want to stay with what has already been imposed<\/strong> or bet on new ways to get their games and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Candy Crush Soda - Winter Cup Tournament\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4votoOaF0s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/openai-refuses-to-give-microsoft-or-other-investors-a-seat-on-its-board-of-directors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Microsoft&#8217;s <\/a><\/strong>long-term plan is to<strong> be relevant not only on the computer and TV screen, but also on the mobile screen.<\/strong> The more options, the more likely it is to be a success, after all. The word is that before the end of 2024 we will have a new partner in an office that is becoming more and more crowded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s worth noting that to enter like a dinosaur in a porcelain store they will have to wait on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/action-button-iphone-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Apple <\/a><\/strong>devices, because as of today you can&#8217;t install alternative stores to the official one (on Android you can, of course). But they will have to change and allow it to fall under the Digital Markets Act<strong>. Does that mean Apple fans are going to end up downloading the Xbox app store?<\/strong> Frankly, few things crazier and more impossible I can think of.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That my competition has more games? I buy exclusives in droves. That despite all the public prefers it? I ask if it is possible to sneak in the Gamepass. And, why not, I&#039;m trying to make the leap to mobile phones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":264435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3249,1734,5892,1404],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-264433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionxbox-game-pass","tag-apps","tag-telefono","tag-xbox"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315982,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264433\/revisions\/315982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264433"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=264433"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=264433"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=264433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}