Will Halo Infinite be an open-world shooter, expanding on the open-ended maps of sister franchise Gears of War? Will it be a service game like Destiny? Or will it be something else entirely? Whatever identity it takes will be crucial to its future.

Microsoft’s E3 press conference doubled down on more games, more ways to play games, more games, more places to play games, more games and more ways to access games. Oh and Cyberpunk 2077, Gears 5, Psychonauts 2 and Halo Infinite are just a few of the big titles featured.

The announcement of this strategic partnership builds on previous moves by both console manufacturers towards streaming, such as the in-development Project xCloud streaming service at Microsoft and streaming functions that have recently been added to the PS4.