Cloud and DRM

[Ajescent]

happydolphin said:

Ajescent said:
So this is basically what psn and XBL were already doing?
If that's the case, why not just continue it?

To an extent.

Back in 1996, we were able to surf the web. The cloud was already giving us web pages we could read from our computer.

Compare that to today in 2013, where we can run our productivity programs from a browser (office), and host all our files on the cloud (dropbox), with basically no setup required.

The cloud becomes more tangible as web technology advances (good office port on browser, seemless file syncing, ported on multiple devices, all seamless and hassle free).

 

So what xbone was proposing was veering closer to what we now understand to be cloud technology, mostly all seamless services accessible anywhere. The original PSN and XBL were a first step, but the cloud becomes more tangible the more seamless and the more we relegate to the cloud to handle.

Okay, that actually sounds interesting. MS should have said all of this at the beginning.