Xbox One "secret sauce" revealed. 40x more powerful than 360 when connected to the cloud.

[DirtyP2002]

Osc89 said:

Zappykins said:

DirtyP2002 said:

I can't believe we argue about the knowhow and seize of the cloud business between Sony and Microsoft.
Microsoft is currently No. 2 worldwide when it comes to cloud computing, just behind Amazon.

Amazon is leading, but MS made HUGE steps in 2013.
Google and IBM are miles away. Sony is not even in this business.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57581994-75/microsofts-azure-gets-competitive-with-$1b-in-revenue/

good read.

Thanks for this!  People seem to forget that Netflix is mostly run on Amazon servers.  Plus Amazon has it's own streaming business and plenty of other cloud/data stuff.

Unless it's a local host, any multi player game today is already using the cloud.  MS is saying they are going to make it more powerful.  I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with more options and more power.

How is requiring an online connection adding more options? People seems to be skeptical and suspicious given the current DRM focus. Including developers like Jonathan Blow:

"Computation in the cloud" has never worked for realtime games. It was BS last generation with Cell, and it is BS now. So, why is MS ...

... saying it? I am pretty sure I know why, it is tactical in preparation for details that haven't got out yet.

And I thought this $10 indie game braid would be so much better with the cloud...