Xbox One Is Cloud gaming the future?

[heavensdevil]

Do you think that someday digital and retail games will be phased out and all Xbox games will be Cloud only? As in, all the data will be stored online and instead of playing games on our console we just stream them via cloud. OnLive is cloud gaming but it went ahead of its time because we aren't ready yet and it flopped.

 

[WorkingGamer]

I can not say for certain right now but I honestly can say that I would not like it completely, because I love being able to play a game and not having the need to worry about whether my internet is working. So while it may be something more and more gaming platforms do I would rather just have my saves on whatever system I am trying to play on.

 

[Oldman Jr]

I think that's where we seem to be leaning huh? not just with gaming but as a technological society. Adobe has already moved all their stuff to cloud. As for if I agree with it, Only time will tell but I support changing in the name of progress.

 

[heavensdevil]

I can not say for certain right now but I honestly can say that I would not like it completely, because I love being able to play a game and not having the need to worry about whether my internet is working. So while it may be something more and more gaming platforms do I would rather just have my saves on whatever system I am trying to play on.

You've got a very good point about the stability of the internet. Not just on our side but on their side as well. I hate to think what will happen if the developers have some kind of server issue or a hacker got into their network.

 

[Fullmetalpanic009]

I think most of the gaming companies are leaning to that possibility. After all if they have that implemented it will mean lesser cost for them to reproduce games on disks. It's better to have it that way since the games will be more accessible for everybody and it's easier to get.

 

[turklife]

I think that cloud gaming is going to revolutionize not just the gaming industry, but how we use technology as a whole. Cloud gaming is great for the gaming; it will make playing games more accessible, hassle free and enjoyable. I am very excited to see where Microsoft going with cloud gaming, as well as other game companies that are testing similar systems. Microsoft definitely has the edge here, so we will see from them first and foremost.

 

[marthyrocks]

I think it may be the future. With Sony's PlayStation Now already announced, cloud gaming may be the future. I'm not saying we're going to completely abandon physical copies right now but somewhere along the way, cloud gaming is going to be a complete option for all of us. But yeah, it does worry me that with the government pretty much killing net neutrality, we'll be paying more than ever to play the games. I just hope we can still download the games into our storage. I mean, sure, cloud gaming's cool and we can stream, but I still like to download the game and keep it, even offline. And also, I'd still like to have physical copies.,

 

[thecreed4life]

It may be the future but like VR, it's still going to take time before cloud gaming can really hit it off. While services like Netflix show that movie and TV show streaming is becoming the norm slowly, the cloud gaming i s still going to take time. The kinks, the bugs, and the glitches need to be worked out. You also got to work it out with those who still prefer to keep a downloaded copy and a physical copy of the game. And like what marthyrocks said, there's the net neutrality issue and then, there's the bandwith.

 

[marthyrocks]

It may be the future but like VR, it's still going to take time before cloud gaming can really hit it off. While services like Netflix show that movie and TV show streaming is becoming the norm slowly, the cloud gaming i s still going to take time. The kinks, the bugs, and the glitches need to be worked out. You also got to work it out with those who still prefer to keep a downloaded copy and a physical copy of the game. And like what marthyrocks said, there's the net neutrality issue and then, there's the bandwith.

Agreed. And like what I said, it's still better if they kept the download and play option up and running. I can't expect to be connected all the way and then stream. There may be a time I can't connect I still prefer to have a downloaded copy of the game I like so when I'm offline, I can still play the game.

 

[sc_shark]

we havnt seen enough of the "cloud" yet to really think that far ahead.
heck we havn't seen it do much of anything besides storing saved games and one generated user profile.(forza5)

we have quite some time till we see it really pushed.. heck we are still on the cusp of 360 technology.. we have yet to see the power of the xb1 pushed by any means and that is without cloud..

i dont really know what cloud is going to give us.. no company is saying this is a plan or this is what is to come. they blow the cloud up like its going to do something revolutionary but what exactly.

you still need internet connection for the cloud to assist you or to take the load off the disk. it can pull info in say a campaign mode and relay it to servers of progress if your connection is down.. but thats nothing more than what an iphone does.. you can setup iphoto to sent photos/videos when you get in your network.. thats soemthing the cloud does.. it also saves your info in case you have a crash.

but again what are we thinking the cloud will give us down the road.

 

[thecreed4life]

we havnt seen enough of the "cloud" yet to really think that far ahead.
heck we havn't seen it do much of anything besides storing saved games and one generated user profile.(forza5)

we have quite some time till we see it really pushed.. heck we are still on the cusp of 360 technology.. we have yet to see the power of the xb1 pushed by any means and that is without cloud..

i dont really know what cloud is going to give us.. no company is saying this is a plan or this is what is to come. they blow the cloud up like its going to do something revolutionary but what exactly.

you still need internet connection for the cloud to assist you or to take the load off the disk. it can pull info in say a campaign mode and relay it to servers of progress if your connection is down.. but thats nothing more than what an iphone does.. you can setup iphoto to sent photos/videos when you get in your network.. thats soemthing the cloud does.. it also saves your info in case you have a crash.

but again what are we thinking the cloud will give us down the road.

Yeah, you make some good points right there. We've yet to consider what good the cloud can give us. Still need the internet connection but as we progress through life, we're slowly developing our ways to connect, even without the need for the router. Yeah, we'll have to see and try the cloud service out before we make the judgement.

 

[diamondback8]

I can't really say for sure that cloud gaming's the future but you know what? This kind of question was asked before years ago, and it had something to do with digital sales. Yup, some people asked if digital sales was the future. Many thought digital sale wouldn't take off, it wouldn't work, etc. One example is Steam, when it was in its first years, wasn't much of a hit yet. Many didn't like the service, some were just baffled by it, etc. But years later, Steam is now a big hit among PC gamers. It's convenient, you get great games without having to walk to the store, etc.

So maybe cloud gaming will work soon enough. I'm sure in a few years time, we'll all be raving on about cloud gaming. So let's wait and see.

 

[sc_shark]

well we had the opportunity to go all digital and the masses cringed.... to the point we went 180... drm nightmares arose...

microsoft said we are not handling drm.. its up to the developers how they want to control it.. and again EA with its lock on pre owned gaming and having to purchase a pass to cnnect to their servers without the online code provided is ultimately what scared everyone. if i am wrong please correct me.

we are talking digital gaming tho.. the concept of steam is more digital purchasing imo...(i have never used it) it has an aspect of cloud in the background to pull game progress/saves ect ect...

personally i would love the ability to link a game to my console similar to ea(its only way i see it working).. you get a code that links the 2 together.. you would have a digital copy/cloud and a physical. and yes i am fine with it not allowing that disk to be multiplayer. this is exactly how digital movie/cloud saving of purchses works. this is also an app id love to see microsoft get behind. linking digital movie library to console.

but back to digital gaming... i am thinking like forza5 with driviatar/cloud saving.. it "builds" you into a digital copy and allowes you to play offline... i dont see this as a "game changer" its neat but iirc grand turismo did something similar years ago.. where you could send a driver to race for you.. so hear we are at 2014 and yes its a better system but its not new..
now if say cloud servers took the top tierr playes and crunched data and made alterations to the suggested drive line to be competitive...... or lets say altered braking points.. lets say a 48 hr update on each track where it broke it down per class/track/drive line.. now to me that is something a step above.

 

[thecreed4life]

I can't really say for sure that cloud gaming's the future but you know what? This kind of question was asked before years ago, and it had something to do with digital sales. Yup, some people asked if digital sales was the future. Many thought digital sale wouldn't take off, it wouldn't work, etc. One example is Steam, when it was in its first years, wasn't much of a hit yet. Many didn't like the service, some were just baffled by it, etc. But years later, Steam is now a big hit among PC gamers. It's convenient, you get great games without having to walk to the store, etc.

So maybe cloud gaming will work soon enough. I'm sure in a few years time, we'll all be raving on about cloud gaming. So let's wait and see.

You're right. Maybe then in a few years time, cloud gaming will finally be accepted for all. I just hope physical copies and downloaded copies will still be around. I still like to offline play from time to time.