Why Are You Guys Doubting Xbox One Cloud? It Can Surly Push Graphics Above PS4...

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Adinnieken said:

Figgycal said:

Adinnieken said:

kupomogli said:
Microsoft's power of the cloud is stating that they'll enhance the game itself, not stream the whole game to you. Streaming video content is one thing, streaming uncompressed textures and other stuff is not going to be possible on the cloud.

If streaming video is the power of the cloud then OnLive is better than Xbox One.

Watch Nvidia's video. 

Link please? I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for.

http://youtu.be/TD_b6t_LnNI

So 200ms (i.e. 0.2 of a second) latency just for doing lighting effects (150ms for lower quality). That's 6 frames at a 30fps frame rate, or 12 frames at 60fps. With that sort of performance the cloud  will only be able to be used for the most passive of visual elements, which won't actually do much to significantly improve the graphics.

But yes they show that it can be done, which means performance can be improved (i.e. reduced latency) eventually to the point that it could be used to significantly improve the visuals of games that are primarily rendered on the local box. However don't be expecting that in 2014 or 2015. But the video also shows that for best cloud processing performance you also need well spec'd local hardware. So the ability for the cloud to enchance Xb one games is still limited by the specs in the Xb one. How does the Xb one's graphics specs compare to the GPUs in the laptop and PC of that video?

And let's not forget that there is nothing magical about the Xbox cloud. Every console with the ability to connect to the internet can use cloud technology to improve aspects of a game. It's just that in the case of non-Xbox consoles the developer or publisher needs to hire a 3rd party cloud service. So MS's secret sauce is that they just make it easier for developers/publishers to utilise the cloud. So by the time the Xbox cloud is technically capable of mindblowing graphics enhancement, the cloud will be so ubiquitous and cheaper to access that it will be feasible for developers to utilise cloud processing on all versions of its games.

Indeed because MS has invested in such a massive cloud infrastructure using today's hardware tech it might be that MS lags behind independant cloud services in upgrading hardware.