This. There are many amazing features that, sadly, are being hold up by shitty isp with outrageous prices for low upload download speeds, or even worst, Data caps
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Microsoft is looking at using the Cloud to help Xbox One X games take up less space
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This. There are many amazing features that, sadly, are being hold up by shitty isp with outrageous prices for low upload download speeds, or even worst, Data caps
To be fair, there's been mention of cloud tech all gen from MS and not much has come to fruition. I get that people are shit posting, but their reticence is kind of warranted imo
ronaldthump
Member
that cloud that's powering crackdown3?
Leyasu
Banned
The you buy the disc version I imagine.
gundamkyoukai
Member
The best thing to do is give us bigger HDD .
Data caps \ internet speed will hurt this but i guess having the option don't hurt .
Data caps \ internet speed will hurt this but i guess having the option don't hurt .
Another thread for Microsoft fanboys to publicly showcase their victim complex.
TylerDurden4321
Member
Counter-pitch:
Microsoft is looking at cheaper storage options to help Xbox One X games use less bandwidth
Microsoft is looking at cheaper storage options to help Xbox One X games use less bandwidth
UnluckyKate
Member
so you loose internet you loose streaming date and the map doesnt load anymore or twice as slow.
Got it.
Seems like a good idea. what could go wrong.
Got it.
Seems like a good idea. what could go wrong.
and more negativity
Christocolus
Member
Sounds like an interesting idea. BC is a feature they did really well, booting up RDR on my Xbox One and resuming my playthrough exactly where I left off on my 360 was pretty neat. If MS does this right it could be amazing.
Leyasu
Banned
Or another thread for Sony fanboys to publicity show their irrational hatred in.. it goes both ways.
dragonelite
Member
They have some of the biggest cloud infrastructures in the industry with Azure.
The question im having is who are those people that can't afford/buy a external hdd given the option is supported on the Xbox.
Why would they think swapping data into your xbox one and the cloud is a good idea.
There's been a lot of these posts lately lol. People are developing victim complexes over GAF posts in reference to a console they use. The internet was a mistake.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
But I don't think that is exclusive to digital games. Doesn't physical games download the entire game to the system too?
killatopak
Member
listen to this man.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
They aren't even talking about streaming, Jesus guys. They mean for example downloading the assets for level 2 while you are on level 1. Then when you get to level 3 it deletes the level 2 assets and prepares level 4.
Still seems pointless to me though with large external drives. I guess if you have a data cap but buy the digital game it could potentially be useful though.
Still seems pointless to me though with large external drives. I guess if you have a data cap but buy the digital game it could potentially be useful though.
I own all the current systems from the big three. Want to try again?
Leyasu
Banned
I understood it like you can download or not parts of the game. I imagine that this would mainly be for digital purchasers.
There is zero reason to take anything MS says about the Cloud at face value at this point.
You know if you were informed on the subject you would know that MS is actually already working on that, it should be coming in the update around the time of the X. Also instead of having to compress it all they are going to let you download just one language.
It doesn't download, it installs off the disc. So in that scenario, instead of putting the info on the cloud like they want, you could just delete the game, and then when you were ant to play it, put the disc in and install from there, like we have been doing.
ClosingADoor
Member
I think they mean that they will just store what is needed now. So let's say you start a game up, then you don't need the assets for the final levels, so it won't store those yet.
But I don't think that downloading stuff all the time is better then upgrading your own storage.
Leyasu
Banned
Agree. I've had have some games with massive installs I've had to delete to make way for more.
An option to lower its footprint until I use it again would be great.
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
I imagine it's like the 'play while you download' feature PS4 and X1 already have, except extrapolated over an entire game.
Isn't this what everybody has been asking for?
Why do I need to download multiplayer when I won't play it?
Why do I need to download 4K resolution videos when I'm using 1080p.?
Why do I need to download Single Player when I don't need it?
Why do I need to download the last level cinematic, when I'm not going to finish the game in the next 2 months?
Why do I need to download multiplayer when I won't play it?
Why do I need to download 4K resolution videos when I'm using 1080p.?
Why do I need to download Single Player when I don't need it?
Why do I need to download the last level cinematic, when I'm not going to finish the game in the next 2 months?
Maverick-ick
Member
Well done Ms, I'd be very interested in this solution. It's innovative solutions like this that makes me a proud Xbox owner and upcoming Xbox one X owner.
One of my friends is an XBox!
RoadHazard
Gold Member
So instead you'll have to wait while your "4K textures" are being downloaded every time you load a track in Forza? If this is gonna save a lot of HDD space, that means there will instead be a lot of data to download. Will suck for people with poor connections.
You seem to give a lot of fuck since you're continuing to reply. Maybe you should just sit down.
MaximusPayne
Member
If this is optional, it's a great idea. How can someone not see that?
The way I'm reading it is say you have a game with 10 levels you can download each one as you go if you want so it doesn't take up all the space on your HDD or maybe you can remove assets like cars in Forza when you're in a different class.and know you won't need them.
Maybe a better example would be only downloading the MP part of a game instead of all of it.
I'm not sure it will work in practice and it obviously won't be suitable for every game but it's a good idea.
That's what "the cloud" is. It's just what Microsoft call their infrastructure probably because it's less techie sounding than the alternatives.
Jesus H Christmas lol
All I'll say is, if they can get something going as they have described it could be cool. More options are definitely better than fewer.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
So another version of streaming a game.
Jesus people. This is just an extension of what they already have when downloading a game and trying to play it while it's still downloading. Only this time it's looking at what parts of the game the user is at and deciding what parts need to be on the local disc while keeping the footprint as small as possible. If you are playing a single player game, most likely after like mid-game...you won't need as many assets from the end of the game on your local HD as you aren't there yet, and when you are near the end, you won't need parts from the middle/beginning...but once you finish the game, you'll most likely need parts of the beginning if you wanted to start again. It's pretty simple.
It's obviously going to be an optional feature as they know the shit they would get into knowing people have data caps. Yall can stop with the:
POWER OF THE
POWER OF THE
POWER OF THE
CLOUD
It's obviously going to be an optional feature as they know the shit they would get into knowing people have data caps. Yall can stop with the:
POWER OF THE
POWER OF THE
POWER OF THE
CLOUD
As long as it's optional, sure. There is still a lot of people that don't have high speed bandwidth. I can merely get 1MB/s down, which is still around 17mn for a single gigabyte of data is the connection is stable. They really should get back to disc reading, because from what I hear (I don't a have a last gen console) the disc has no purpose during gameplay anymore?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
It's an issue for anyone storing full games. Having cloud storage for some things may actually be a good idea.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Sure, for very linear games this could work well. Otherwise I'm not sure how big the advantage will be. For games where any content could be needed at any time, you're gonna be waiting for stuff to download a lot instead.
mavericktopgun
Member
Lol the cloud. Have fun with offline play.
HelloNewman
Member
The power of the cloud is so great that you can't even download tv shows you buy on your Xbox. I bought Futurama and I have to eat up my data cap streaming it while I sleep thanks, cloud!
RoadHazard
Gold Member
But if we're talking about enough data that it would be a storage issue, that's gonna take a lot of time to download when you actually need it instead. And then again the next time you need it, etc. I'm assuming it will throw old data away when it's not currently needed anymore, because otherwise you're not really saving any space at all, only filling it up more slowly.
Pretty much.
Which is why it's so weird to see all the doofuses rushing to shout "POWER OF TEH CLOUD" in this thread.
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