I'm sure Microsoft would greet 3rd parties with open arms if they wanted to use the tech. Problem is 3rd parties already get flack for multiplatforms not using the PS4's full capabilities.

MP enhancement is a no brainer. I'd like to see cloud scaling though, where offloading appropriate tasks to the cloud allows for the XB1 itself to dedicate more resources to post-processing like AA and resolution.

Lol @ Mike, you fizzled alright!

I expect it wont need to be shared. Once its demonstrated to work and 3rd party publishers see the advantages. I imagine big players like Activision and EA will begin to establish their own cloud infrastructure tailored for the job. They already host their own dedicated servers, this is the next logical step.

Of course, Microsoft is ahead of the game for obvious reasons. They have the advantage of piggybacking off existing infrastructure, and billions upon billions of dollars never hurts.

They'd be able to have more variety of unique animations too, and less scattered copies of NPCs.

I think he was talking about offline games

How can a single player offline game take advantage of something you need an internet connection to use?

People need to understand that the Cloud is an online only service, it's impossible offline because of what it is.
It's like people are missing the glaringly obvious flaw in this being a "game changer".

We currently play Forza 'single player' while using the cloud. Very few Xbox Ones are offline.

No...Really it couldn't have been different.There is no way they could implement it into every game in SP portions...

They would essentially cut out a massive chunk of their user base trying to force constant online functionality.

Which has nothing to do with people being poor at that point, some areas still don't have halfway decent internet. If you can't get decent internet where you live your not just going to move, its not just the US either there are other countries that need massive overhauls of their network infrastructure as well

over 95% of Playstation owners have an internet connection, I'd assume the same of Xbox. Not really a massive chunk is it.

One big issue with that though...what happens when they shut the servers off to pivot to the next game? That sp campaign that was once playable in perpetuity now has a shelf life that is determined by publishers & platform holders. So when that new remaster or sequel comes out a year or two later, they have the power to lock you out of the original at any time. That doesn't sound like changing gaming for the better to me, it sounds like pulling the power from the hands of the players and placing it w/ the profit pushers. I'm personally fine w/ the cloud & its mp capabilities because I don't game online, so if mp gamers are happy w/ leaving their games' playable fate in the hands of the publishers then more power to them, but when I spend 60 bucks on a game I want to be able to play it whenever I like, internet connection or not, servers notwithstanding, and I'm fine w/ keeping offline campaigns tied to the power of the hardware I actually own vs. the potential of slightly (or even hugely) better experiences running off of hardware that someone else has the ultimate power over.

Wait a second.. they dont hace to change the full game... they can just make a big enough expansion (Taken king) and use the same servers... i think its a great advancement and I cant wait to try it out.

No way they are worth that much. They are a support studio. I guess tencent decided to throw them an insane price that Sumo would be crazy to turn down.

Its like the godfather. "Im going to make you an offer you cant refuse"

Always the case.

Who owns the rights to Crackdown and Sackboy IPs though?

The US market would take Tencent to dinner and have it naked on the bed by midnight if it could. America and China are as bad as each other

Crackdown 3 was cancelled and remade a few times. Hardly their fault.

This is the same Sumo who made Outrun 2, 2006 Coast to Coast, Sonic Racing Transformed as well as Forza Horizon 2 on the 360. I think they are better than you give them credit for.

You might want to walk this statement back. Why else do you think this game goes for over $200 now?

https://www.ebay.com/p/5144...

And they likely bought Housmarque and Bluepoint for even less than Insomniac.

at the two above me,
it's easy to sell for less when you know you're in good hands business and culture wise. I mean sure you could scratch out some extra money elsewhere but are all the people you know going to be taken care of when you get bought out? Sony takes care of them. Basically you can tell who's a scheming money scumbag by what ceo's/execs choose to be bought by. In the end money talks but there's extras to consider sometimes.

Gremlin. Now there's a name that takes me back. Ocean as well.

Sony and ms have more than enough ips to keep em busy, the price would have been an issue though, that I agree with, just surprised is all🤷‍♂️

Tencent doesn't exactly pride themselves on original IP anyway. They just steal someone else's. They only need developer drones.

I already agreed that the price was high, still don't take away that they could have been used, and be useful to either ms or sony

Thinks about Cyberpunk and what it would be like if it wasn't able to be patched.

@Eonjay
I think it either would’ve been as it was, or delayed until it’s the playable state it’s in now. I think about No Mans Sky too. It’s a completely different game from its launch. Or how we wouldn’t have gotten refinement patches for Miles Morales or Rift Apart.