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Microsoft’s Project xCloud formally announced: Out to the public in 2019
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I got my unlimited LTE data plan ready. But it's probably US first, because well.. it's Microsoft.
Playing Sea of Thieves while waiting for the bus, here we go.
Playing Sea of Thieves while waiting for the bus, here we go.
It has more to do with the phraselogy of it. Dating back to 2013 Xbox conference. Remote game streaming has been available for years so this isn't new. Latency and picture quality will still be as good as the distance you are from a server, the quality of your isp, and the router in your home. You are still looking at probably 2-4 frames delayed best case scenario with varying quality.
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True. My personal situation is very good for streaming (18ms ping to nearest azure servers, gigabit internet with no caps), but infrastructure and ISP douchebaggery will be a large hurdle to clear.
I think the long-term plan is to have your Xbox digital library mirrored in the cloud, so you can play your games anywhere. Not just Game Pass games. I predict the execution will be quite different to PS Now in that regard.
Well...we will have a public trials next year so the wait won't be long.
I really don't see how this works in the real world. 4k60 is over 15Gbps. That's for video alone. Forget audio, controller throughput, lag considerations, etc. I live in a city of millions and the best I can do (affordably) is about 55Mbps down about 5Mbps up. The best case is video games which today are cleanest, sharpest things you can put on your TV end up looking muddy and compressed like cable TV.
I think it's interesting, as this still leaves them "outs" if there's distribution issues down the line, and they've specified that this isn't a replacement for the traditional, dedicated set-top box, but this is something we know they've been engineering since the same time as Halo 4's development.
The fact that they have live testing hardware already integrated with the Azure infrastructure is encouraging, in terms of maybe seeing it in the wild in a few years. This was a cool presentation.
The fact that they have live testing hardware already integrated with the Azure infrastructure is encouraging, in terms of maybe seeing it in the wild in a few years. This was a cool presentation.
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this is pretty exciting. interested to see a more detailed announcement of devices and how it works. Most likely at XO?
so imagine it will link with your digital purchases and subscriptions.
so imagine it will link with your digital purchases and subscriptions.
Im sorry but the image of playing a game like SoT with purely touch is gross.
The tech is great on the other hand.
The tech is great on the other hand.
Doesn't seem like a rushed announcment to me, but could be.
It's always going to be an issue, until it stops being an issue. The whole Net Neutrality thing (in the US) doesn't help either.
The streaming future is going to be great for me. I'm only living in big cities so my internet speed should remain fast.
Project xCloud
Google's Project Stream
Geforce Now
I just hope these subscriptions aren't too costly.
Project xCloud
Google's Project Stream
Geforce Now
I just hope these subscriptions aren't too costly.
If there's one company that can make cloud gaming work for masses then it must be Microsoft. They have expertise in gaming hardware design, run a sizable number of game studios, operate a massive cloud infrastructure, own the world's most popular desktop software and most importantly have a very deep pocket..
This really isn't for people who want to play their games in 4K60 and care about IQ, having the lowest latency etc.
This is an option to allow you to play your games when you're away from home, or for people who don't care about 4K, or for people who just want to casually dip in and out of games and don't care about owning a console.
This is an additional option, not a replacement for consoles. You and I probably both shudder at the thought of streaming games, and hence we're not in the target demographic.
Lol they have been working on this for more than a decade...and they have Xbox as the backbone for this
Yeah, haha. The controls are my biggest concern. You'll always need a controller + clip on with you.
You aren't wrong
What if there was a Xbox streaming app for switch
Instant Xbox portable
Going by the video the servers are running One S, so don't expect 4k streaming.
I live among a sea of data centers. I think it'd be great for me as well.
Google launched their beta for Project Stream yesterday night and this video is released the next morning.
Probably related.
So PlayStation Now vs Project xCloud vs Project Stream competing for next-gen market share. It will be interesting indeed.
Also, Sony will need to think about bringing back PSNow to mobile devices now.
Probably Google will put its service on Android as well.
Probably related.
So PlayStation Now vs Project xCloud vs Project Stream competing for next-gen market share. It will be interesting indeed.
Also, Sony will need to think about bringing back PSNow to mobile devices now.
Probably Google will put its service on Android as well.
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That looks like a pretty good guess I'd say.
I'd guess the goal would be so that "average users" could just download the Xbox app to their phone/PC/TV, subscribe to Game Pass and then play any game currently in the library. And they'd also be able to purchase games from the store digitally which would appear on their account and also be available for streaming (publisher permitting). So "traditional" Xbox users could also potentially stream any game they own in addition to games from subs.
And the Xbox console then sits alongside this to offer a "premier" experience with better fidelity, etc. And any game that supports Play Anywhere can also be played on PC.
As great as this all sounds they're still going to bump up against pesky physics and everything that entails.
Be fantastic if that's what happens and it works. Be interesting to see what it does to their consoles though if people have the option of say $400 console with 4K native gaming vs no console cost and 1080p streaming.
That's why in the video they say consoles are still going to be be the flagship gaming experience. If you just read the OP, they say that the current service is running at 10Mbps, and they are aiming to lower that through new tech, although it will probably be 1080p30 or something like that.
PSNow wasn't on mobile phones? I thought I remember being there too? Maybe Sony will bring it back now.
I was impressed with how OnLive worked years ago, so I'm interested in seeing how Microsoft's solution fares.
Have you tried GeForce Now / have you read about Google's Project Stream? If you have enough datacenters nearby you can achieve quite a lot.
I think it's pretty awesome. It's obviously not completely fresh, y'know, OnLive and others have debuted this in the past, but it's never worked seamlessly. Microsoft, as a company, is one that I sort of trust to launch something in this way that works, just because their network infrastructure is well ahead of other gaming companies and on par or better than the top cloud companies -- Amazon and Google.
What's interesting is that Google and Microsoft have both simultaneously announced their game streaming platforms within like a week of one another. Google is leveraging Chrome, of course, and Microsoft is leveraging the Xbox platform.
What I'd like to see is a seamless library of your games. One of the people in the video mentions playing console games, but then his son jumps on his console, and he [the father] transitions over to playing on his mobile device... and I'd love to do that. Be playing Madden, then my wife comes in and wants to watch TV, and I just swap over to Madden on my phone either with a controller or without. As long as it's mostly seamless, I'd happily do the mundane tasks in Madden (say, managing my team, etc), while playing most of the actual gameplay on my TV and console.
I definitely think there's a strong future in streaming... and looking forward to seeing someone who really executes on it.
What's interesting is that Google and Microsoft have both simultaneously announced their game streaming platforms within like a week of one another. Google is leveraging Chrome, of course, and Microsoft is leveraging the Xbox platform.
What I'd like to see is a seamless library of your games. One of the people in the video mentions playing console games, but then his son jumps on his console, and he [the father] transitions over to playing on his mobile device... and I'd love to do that. Be playing Madden, then my wife comes in and wants to watch TV, and I just swap over to Madden on my phone either with a controller or without. As long as it's mostly seamless, I'd happily do the mundane tasks in Madden (say, managing my team, etc), while playing most of the actual gameplay on my TV and console.
I definitely think there's a strong future in streaming... and looking forward to seeing someone who really executes on it.
I get all the optimism for Microsoft doing this "the right way" given that it has the right kind of infrastructure to make a play in this space, but I mean... Like PS Now has been around for like four or five years now and hasn't really been pulling up trees. In fact, the only thing I ever really heard about PS Now was people asking for them to add downloads.
I don't really see the big deal? I imagine they're going to do a better job than Sony on it but... Like if you want this kind of thing, you've been able to try it for years now.
I don't really see the big deal? I imagine they're going to do a better job than Sony on it but... Like if you want this kind of thing, you've been able to try it for years now.
