The debut of the Xbox mobile games store will be inevitable

Xbox has been working on its own mobile games store for quite some time now, and all signs point to its launch being close.. As reported Windows CenterThe Xbox Mobile Store website is already live and suggests that the platform’s premiere could happen in just a few days.

The site in question doesn’t provide any additional information about the Xbox mobile game store. However, it does contain a message promising official news from the Redmond-based community very soon.

The Xbox Mobile Store website states: “Coming soon. Thank you for being an Xbox Insider. As part of our testing process, we have placed you on hold and you do not currently have access to this feature. Your support is invaluable to us, and we ask for your patience as we prepare for the public launch. Stay tuned to Xbox for updates.”

The post does not specify whether the mobile games store is already being tested with a limited number of Xbox Insiders or whether those in the program will soon be able to access the platform.

Anyway, The Xbox Mobile Store is closer than ever to becoming a realityIf Microsoft delivers on what it promised months ago, we should have official launch news between tomorrow and Wednesday.

Xbox promises its mobile games store will launch in July

In the beginning of May, Sarah Bondthe president of Xbox, has confirmed that its mobile games store will launch sometime in July. There are only two days left in the month, so if the promise comes true We should have official news on this matter this week..

Of course, the door is always open for these kinds of announcements to encounter some delay. Regardless, the fact that the Xbox Mobile Store website has a pending message rather than just a broken link is a pretty strong indication that formal launch details are being ironed out behind the scenes.

Details about the Xbox Mobile Games Store are still scarce. The only thing that has been officially commented on is that, in principle, will work via the Internet rather than as an iOS and Android app. Likewise, it was noted that the first titles available would be proprietary research materials, such as candies, Call of Duty: Mobile Version, The Devil Immortal or mine craftand that the catalog will be opened to third-party submissions later.

Xbox publicly expressed its interest in launching a mobile games store after Microsoft announced its purchase of Activision Blizzard. In fact, the Redmond natives used this argument to protect themselves from regulatory scrutiny; most notably, during a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal.

At that time, those of Phil Spencer It was stated that the purchase of the California firm was not aimed at conversion Call of Duty exclusively on Xbox, as Sony/PlayStation condemns, but rather to use their experience in this segment mobile. As Microsoft reported at the time, more than half of Activision Blizzard’s half-yearly revenue were created by mobile games.