Cloud Powered Gaming on Xbox One

[JoeTheBro]

Machiavellian said:

JoeTheBro said:
The cloud is bull shit.

It's not really, it's actually pretty cool, but using it for console wars is bullshit. That's probably because the cloud is such a broad term that no one really knows which cloud people are talking about.

In MS case its all of them

No dude. I mean Gaikai is using the cloud, Forza is using the cloud, multiplayer is using the cloud, storage is using the cloud, games are offloading graphics to the cloud, etc. All of these are done with the cloud, but they are worlds apart and refer to completely different tech. People usually just jumble the cloud into a singular thing which screws up conversations.

The cloud is a lot like "a building". Just replace "teh cloud" with a building in every sentence, and you can understand what I'm meaning.

I mean Gaikai is housed in a building, Forza is being developed in a building, multiplayer is played inside a building, storage is in a building, games are sold from a building. All of these are done in a building, but they are worlds apart and refer to completely different places.