Xbox 1 tidbits

[ChaosK]

But saying something ominous as its the power of the cloud, definitely sounds better

Cloud is basically nothing more than online servers.

 

[The Landslide]

Let's be honest, we don't know WHAT they mean by using the cloud. It could be fantastic, it could be near useless, but we don't know until we see it.

I'm personally adopting a stance of pure caution. Not even optimism right now, I just HAVE to see where they are going to use the cloud.

 

[Marginal]

Let's be honest, we don't know WHAT they mean by using the cloud. It could be fantastic, it could be near useless, but we don't know until we see it.

The cloud is another form of DRM. That's pretty much all it is. You want to play this game? Oh well, it has cloud power. Can only do that while constantly connected! Sim City ought to demonstrate just how relevant this cloud is to running a game vs the local side.

It can offload only limited data from the hardware due to the slow transfer speeds etc.

Also, it looks like family sharing wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

http://www.heyuguysgaming.com/news/12507/heartbroken-xbox-one-employee-lets-rip-must-read

Your family members would gain access to a timed demo (hour max) then they'd get kicked to the marketplace to buy the full game if they wanted to play more.

 

[Frayhua]

Kinect 2 may not be required for the Xbox One, but no price drop.

http://www.examiner.com/article/rum...inect-requirement-without-xbox-one-price-drop

 

[Pernicious-Soul]

I'm in the minority here I guess as I was looking forward to the new Xbox 1 including DRM. This article shows what might have been. Worth reading!

http://gizmodo.com/the-xbox-one-just-got-way-worse-and-its-our-fault-514411905