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Imaginedvl on 06 October 2013
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Ashadian said:
Imaginedvl said:

First of all, I suggest you stop being rude to everyone talking in a positive way about the Xbox One (esp. when you are wrong)... It does not really encourage the conversation with you (maybe you are not looking for it...)

Here is the first article I found on Bing (and I'm not going to Google for you) :

http://videogamesandnews.com/xbox-one-multiplayer-features-dedicated-servers-smart-match-trd/

I do not think that when they are saying "EVERY multiplayer game"; they imply that every game developpers/publishers will actually pay for it (it would be a bold assumption on their side). Also from the same article's author (the original one):

"Microsoft is subsidizing cloud utility for developers—essentially, it will cost developers nothing to build on/access the Azure platform. So while I don’t believe it’s mandatory for a title to offer dedicated servers, there wouldn’t be any investment on the dev side to do so, which means…  Yup, dedicated servers for everything. (Certainly for marquee MP experiences like BF3/4, COD, Titanfall, Destiny, etc). This is a huge part of why “persistent online world” was such a buzzphrase at E3 this year."

So, if I'm wrong on that; instead of just replying with your hit-and-run post, please provide me with a link stating that Microsoft is NOT provisioning the equivalent of 3 vCPUs for every Xbox One consoles out there, and these vCPUs can actually being used for anything (including dedicated servers) and that instead the developers/publisher will need to pay for it at "reduced rate"... (you are the one talking about "facts" after all)

Still up to the developers to use the feature but so far it looks like those are free to use.

Another good video talking a bit about the multi-billion dollar investment Microsoft did in their cloud and why it is a really different than legacy dedicated servers : "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsg-noqp7KY#t=53".

Rude? I'm just stating the facts! 

http://m.oxm.co.uk/63335/do-all-xbox-one-games-get-dedicated-servers-cloud-is-a-tool-in-the-toolbox-says-microsoft/

pay close attention to what the Titanfall dev states and what Turn 10(Microsoft 1st party) state!

As if MS would give anything for free or no profit!

I see; really better to post stuff like that instead of just hit-and-run post :)

So you are right, Titanfall seems to effectively pay for this but they are also saying that the price they are getting is dramatically reduced. With the infrastructure they have in place now this is still a very good thing for the Xbox One gamers out there.

Sony could maybe try to get a deal with Amazon or Google (or even Microsoft actually) to offer the same thing (the dramatically reduced price I mean); I know that dedicated servers for shooters in general is playing a huge role for me. After all, Apple is already using Microsoft/Amazon for their cloud solution.