Throws dirt on coffin: Lets discuss what XB1 & PS4 is bringing to the table via the Cloud!!!

[PS5 Pro]

Look, obviously there is a lot of commotion going on with the new consoles landing soon
The fanboys are on full blast right now, and really its a lot of jockeying and positioning to not only discover which system is but like a presidential election there is a lot of smear campaigns going on

And sony, this summer you guys have taken it to an all time high

But as the dust settles, its painfully clear which console is better coming out the gate. And that same console has a plan for the future while the other cheaper console seems to be trying to tack on as the gen goes, basically what they did last gen. We already know that equaled half ass less functional attempts at copying what makes XBL so damn special. I'm not mad at them trying, but I am annoyed by the followers acting like if what they do get is just as good as what the other system has. Thats bullshyt, and this thread will teach those who didn't care enough to find out about whats REALLY GOING ON. So we gonna stop the bullshyt right this second. I'm gonna pull up as much info on both as I possibly can. I encourage "3cepts" to post threads on this as well if they find stuff I miss. I don't want to be accused of withholding info to make one console look better than the other. So my even saying all this is proof that the overall purpose of this thread is education

Now if somebody already knew the results, but was a sony stan? I can see them entering and whining trying to deflect attention That of course is an admission of guilt, which will be noted as we continue to get to the bottom of this Lets begin...

 

[PS5 Pro]

reserved for XB1

• XB1 has a Cloud service called "Azure"
• Within this cloud service, 300,000 of the servers in Azure are set aside ONLY FOR XBOX ONE. XB360 nor PC can use any of those 300,000 that Microsoft calls THUNDERHEAD

Here's a nice article that breaks down what Azure/thunderhead is doing for XB1 that will be the major difference outside of Kinect as to why XB1 will win next gen pretty easily. Its like Floyd vs Canelo all over again

You’d be forgiven for looking at the raw hardware specs of both consoles - which on paper - Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 looks to have the upper.

Whilst we won’t see the full potential of the physical hardware until late in the cycle – with golden late releases such as The Last of Us – the Xbox, this time, has an unmatchable advantage out the gate which is miles up from raw hardware...

... It’s the Xbox Live Cloud.

Very few people have grasped the importance of over 300,000 dedicated servers; working to provide an optimal gaming experience. Whether reducing the CPU load on your console to increase graphics, scale masses of enemies, or power the evolving AI’s found in Forza 4 – this isn’t possible from Sony.

Not trying to simply bash Sony, but Microsoft (with their leading Azure technology) and thousands of data centres internationally; simply cannot be matched.

It may take a while to start seeing titles which truly take advantage of the Cloud, other than a couple of launch titles including Titanfall and the aforementioned Forza. But when you start playing even the most basic popular multiplayer games such as Call of Duty on the Xbox, and you start noticing the reduced lag; the lack of that player which (it’s not just in your mind) has a competitive advantage – good luck trying to make the switch back.

Of course, you, the developer – could add your own dedicated servers; if you have a gigantic budget.

Not even the most popular gaming houses can afford to run them. Instead, the usual system is player-hosted servers whereby the player starting the match hosts the server for everyone else who connects to his/her console.

This uses system resources which could be used elsewhere - whilst making the playing field uneven.

Jon Shiring at Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Titanfall, made a great post on the advantages of the Xbox Live Cloud. In said article, he explains [about dedicated servers]:

“This is something I have worked on for years now, since coming to Respawn. A developer like Respawn doesn’t have the kind of weight to get a huge price cut from places like Amazon or Rackspace. And we don’t have the manpower to manage literally hundreds-of-thousands of servers ourselves. We want to focus on making awesome games, not on becoming giant worldwide server hosting providers. The more time I can spend on making our actual game better, the more our players benefit.

"I personally talked to both Microsoft and Sony and explained that we need to find a way to have potentially hundreds-of-thousands of dedicated servers at a price point that you can’t get right now. Microsoft realized that player-hosted servers is actually holding back online gaming and that this is something that they could help solve, and ran full-speed with this idea.

"The Xbox group came back to us with a way for us to run all of these Titanfall dedicated servers and that lets us push games with more server CPU and higher bandwidth, which lets us have a bigger world, more physics, lots of AI, and potentially a lot more than that!”

This dedication by Microsoft to tackling game development issues may surprise the critics.

Are you excited by the newfound potentials offered by the Xbox Live Cloud?

This is the beginning of the lesson. If you have any questions, ask and the answers will be posted there and posssibly here if the question is worthy

 

[PS5 Pro]

Reserved for PS4

Sony bought a cloud service called Gaikai so they can stream PS1, PS2, and eventually PS3 games to the PS4 and possibly the vita as well. Yeeeeeeah.
Gaikai doesn't need to set a section of its cloud to the side for PS4, like how Azure does for XB1
PS4 gets that entire cloud All 30,000 servers
Mark Cerny on the Cloud...

Some have advertised that the Cloud will be able to offload processing power in handling game elements like lighting, physics, and even AI. Anything's possible to some level, but it remains to be seen if developers will be able to use cloud computing to any noticeable effect. For now it looks like Sony is treating the Cloud like just another minor tool at its disposal, rather than assuming it'll be a game-changer when it's too early to say for sure.

He also mentions that the PS4 will use the cloud for matchmaking
That is HUGE news for you 3cepts if that is true, but that does create another problem
Cuz now the PS4 HAS TO HAVE EQUAL OR SIMILAR when dealing with online matchmaking
And all clouds are not created equal, so this is like asking for the comparisons
Good luck with that Marky...

 

[Smooth3d]

 

[PS5 Pro]

I have so much to post on xbox, its gonna take up a lot of space. I hope thecoli uses azure/rackspace/something to handle all this data

And if somebody can post any PS4 cloud or PSN info, the world would like to know about it

 

[Mac071415]

Let's discuss nobody reading your shytty threads. Or you posting the same threads day in day out. Dam son feed your kids they ribs toughing and chit. I feel bad for them . its bad enough they gotta sleep on a shytty mattress the least you can do is father them and be there for them. Its just a game system son it isn't a real person. Abandon your kids brehs.

 

[Raiders]

Maybe if nikkas weren't so blinded by their hatred for @PS4 they would actually read his threads, and might actually learn how xbox > PS4 in pretty much every way besides cost and they might have better looking shoe strings, and grass maybe

 

[Cat piss martini]

Another great thread.

 

[PS5 Pro]

I found this in a kennel

 

[ItWasWritten]

Maybe if nikkas weren't so blinded by their hatred for @PS4 they would actually read his threads, and might actually learn how xbox > PS4 in pretty much every way besides cost and they might have better looking shoe strings, and grass maybe

These delusional fukks don't ever learn

 

[Raiders]

These delusional fukks don't ever learn

Gears 5

 

[PS5 Pro]

These delusional fukks don't ever learn

You wasn't ready for the cloud...

Spoiler

And neither is Sony

 

[thaKEAF]

 

[ColdSlither]

I'm sticking to PS5 regardless. I don't care if the next Xbox is GOAT. PS5 is still what I'm getting day one. It's where everyone who I play online with is at, and they're not switching. I'll most likely get the XBox when M$ has their first price drop.

 

[Fatboi1]

I thought this was a new thread