MB1025 said:
My guess would be since Sony and Bethesda are co marketing the game (like the situation with Destiny) they didn't use the cloud. |
Not even that, just that Bethesda needs to be running servers for all platforms.
Getting cheaper cloud from MS doesn't really counter the hassle of running on a totally different server architecture, provider.
Doing so requires it's own distinct support and technical process/staff, while a single server platform for all user platforms has lower overhead.
The only way it makes sense to take advantage of MS' offer re: free servers for Live Gold is if they use MS' Azure to host ALL platforms, PS4 and PC.
Apparently, MS' product offering isn't attractive enough for them to do so, so they went with the best server solution.
That is the stupidity of MS' hype about free servers, instead of subsidizing the servers for XBone only, they should just offer the best servers, period.
That doesn't achieve an advantage for XBone, but then neither does this, because if only exclusives get any benefit, who cares?,
they are already exclusive, so what does it matter whether they use MS servers or their own or a 3rd party server hosting?
