Microsoft's original promise for the Xbox One centered very heavily on the promise of the cloud. Cloud gaming, we were promised, would be the path to the next generation of video games, it would enable games unlike anything seen before, and it would more than compensate for the Xbox One's weakness on the specs front relative to the PS4.
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Phil Spencer already cleared the air on the power of the cloud. In a nutshell, he basically said when they have something to prove its capability, they'll show it. Rest assured, it's being utilized, all we can do is wait for now. First game I know to heavily use it as of now will be Crackdown 3.
I'm sure it's not a pipe dream. With that being said, a company with the resources Microsoft has needs to speed up the process. Constantly talking about something and not really showing it in action (yes I saw the crackdown demo) is not winning the whole cloud computing concept any fans. It's the NX, both are missing in the wild.
The problem is Microsoft touted it as this secret feature. And the fans kind of added to this mystery like it was secret horsepower sauce when in reality we were still years away from showcasing it's abilities. Crackdown 3 hopefully puts doubters on high alert, but even that game has gone dark since E3 2015. Hopefully we get some news soon