Report: Microsoft tests Xbox game streaming for PC & Windows Phone
According to a new report, Microsoft is developing its own competitor to Gaikai. Like the PlayStation-owned service, Microsoft aims to stream...
According to a new report, Microsoft is developing its own competitor to Gaikai. Like the PlayStation-owned service, Microsoft aims to stream console games across multiple devices--specifically Windows Phone and PC (running Windows, of course). It's early days, however, with the project clearly labeled a "prototype," and unbranded at the moment.
Sources tell The Verge that Halo 4 was tested on the service running on Windows Phone. According to the report, the latency of the streamed game on a Lumia 520 is 45ms.
It seems unlikely Microsoft will have their cloud game streaming service ready in time for the launch of PlayStation Cloud, which Sony has announced for release in early 2014.
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Halo: Spartan Assault didn't have controller support until it was patched into the game after release.
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To be fair, Spartan Assault is a top-down twin-virtual-stick shooter, and some people said that the touch controls didn't detract from the controllability as much as they feared (but plenty of people were surprised that it launched without controller support).
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How about just supporting the PC platform assholes, I hope steamos kills windows for gamers
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It's not really going to kill it just keep it where it is.
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multiple people here were complaining about the original Xbox One online requirements because they apparently took their console to their cabin/vacation home/whatever without internet and that's just too crucial to give up
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haha, its great isn't it. I feel like some people will just bitch about Microsoft no matter what they do. What is the possible downside to being able to stream your Xbox One games to your computer screen and phone? I can't think of any.
Here are some upsides:
-Someone else is using the TV your xbox is connected to.
-You are away from home and happen to have your tablet with you.
-airport
-stopping point on a road trip
-grand parents/parents house
-church :-)
-waiting for an appointment
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Why not just have tablet play the game with the controller? Why go to the trouble of streaming? In a two or three years can you image how powerful tablets are going to be? The next ipad is going to be diesel as hell, and tha tis probably coming in a month with the new chip from the new iphone.
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The next iPad is not going to be equivalent to the new consoles. And even if it is, that's an $500+ device to buy in addition to a $500 console. Who the fuck does that?
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It won't be as good as the next gen consoles next month but it will get a hardware upgrade every year while the consoles won't be upgraded ever. The tablet won't suffer from latency or compression or bandwidth issues.
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neither will the consoles...ever. and you buy it once for $500, lasts for 5-7 years, never any latency or compression issues, vs. having to upgrade 2-3 times to get "suitable" performance on a stream to the tablet.
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no the console will have to stream, on the tablet you won't have to stream.
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Your missing the whole point, this is to make it easy to play an Xbox One game on any device. Porting to tablets is not easy.
Second, the iPad 4 doesn't match the Xbox 360 yet in graphics horsepower, why do you think tablets will catch up to consoles in a few years? Tablets are very impressive for their size, but their size also holds them back.-
They are doing this now with not the best developers working on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjz614QVyfQ
The hardware gains what? 50% every year?
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I, honestly, would love that. Let me stream all my XB1 games to a PC OnLive-style and I will pick up an Xbone day one.
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