Are people buying this?
An [i]extremely[/i] small scale sample is not comparable to this being available worldwide.
Also, Local performance >>>>>> Cloud
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And they think 32FPS is impressive as well.
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Edited by Bistromathics: 4/4/2014 5:07:57 PMThe base FPS is irrelevant to this particular demonstration, since the goal is to show what the [i]change[/i] in FPS is. Without the cloud support, the demo dropped as much as 30 frames, and showing that change was the specific purpose. The second thing is that the demo had a fairly high chunk count to show what the cloud processing could handle. Again, it's important to remember what a tech demo is and what it is not.
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Edited by TigerTitan: 4/4/2014 12:46:20 PM"But... but... but... mai klouwd!!! It ken due aniting. Mai messiah, Microsoft, sed so. Et mist b tru." - A typical Microsoft fanboy
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Edited by Bistromathics: 4/4/2014 12:44:38 PMDepends on what you mean by buying. It's a tech demo at one of the largest developer conferences around; nothing more, nothing less. Considering it's referred to as a prototype, Microsoft is a long way from even beginning to sell. But development is a process, not an on/off switch, and it's useful to give your content creators an idea of where you're at in that process. Of course, infrastructure develops as well, and it's not particularly difficult for a company on the bleeding-edge of R&D to forecast when that infrastructure might grow to support the new tech they're developing. There's little use in starting development only after the current state of infrastructure can support what you want to have ready in 5 years.
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By "buying" I mean do people actually think this will work how MS have claimed it will.
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Well, let's take a look at what MS has claimed. They claimed that, in a controlled environment, one machine was able to run a custom-tailored tech demo using prototype tech to achieve better results than a machine not using it. It wasn't an easy feat and it appears to have worked well. I buy that.
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I'm referring to the "power of the cloud" they were babbling on about for the Xbone.
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Edited by Bistromathics: 4/4/2014 12:59:20 PMWhat? This is a demonstration of that very technology. Not that they even used the phrase until the end of the demo anyway.
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No shit. But I'll repeat what I already said. An [i]extremely[/i] small scale isolated sample such as this demo [u]isn't comparable to it being available worldwide. [/u]
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Edited by Bistromathics: 4/4/2014 5:15:49 PM[quote] [u]isn't comparable to it being available worldwide.[/u][/quote] Who's the one making that comparison? I think it comes down to perspective. This isn't a consumer-oriented show (e.g. Consumer Electronics Show or E3) and the few flashy lights were reserved for WP8.1. Tech demos are nothing more or less than... demonstrations of technology. You can appreciate where it is in its prototype phase or you can complain about something nobody's trying to say or do. I guess if you don't care about the technology before ID's and marketing have prettied it up, it makes sense to do that complaining thing. There are Apple conferences, where an iPhone is announced and hits market 1-2 weeks later. Then there are these conferences. It's okay to like the former, but it's not the same thing as this.
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^ This.
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Yeah I agree. However I remember them saying something about the cloud processing working out which data centre is closest to you and almost personalising it for you to minimise lag/latency issues with the individual console. If that is the case then it may be able to mitigate this issue. I guess only time will tell.
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The Internet isn't strong or reliable enough to stream raw data like that. "muh cloud" isn't viable with the current state of Internet connections.
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Out of couriosity, what will you say if these people working on the cloud actually get it to work with current conditions, will your head explode or will you just shrink and die in a hole?
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I'd be glad that it works.