Total Destruction was already possible on PS3/xbox360 without Cloud. Red Faction vs Crackdown 3

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MB1025 said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

...Can you just read my comment again? I'm sure it can act as a direct response to your reply.

I did and your saying it can be done without a server farm. If this is the case why spend millions to do that instead of doing in through the hardware? Also what's your proof that this level of destruction and playable debris can be done on hardware? 

It can be done on hardware.
The 2013 NVidia demo looks just as good as the 2014 Build demo of Crackdown 3 tech

One GTX 680 30fps specialized hardware


Server farm with general computing


The difference is PC games won't support it since it would severly limit the user base to those with high end cards when it changes the gameplay. Hence you only see graphical enhancements for high end cards.

The distributed computing tech can be used for many things, MS does all kinds of research. So applying it to a game as a show case is just a bonus. And this way you don't need a physx chip on the local hardware so everyone can enjoy it and then it makes sense to put it in a game.