Kotaku: “It’s unclear how accurately one can judge a new game-streaming service at a show like E3 here in Los Angeles, when the value of the service is going to be whether it works in normal situations. E3 ain’t a normal situation. But after Xbox chief Phil Spencer asked me yesterday if I wanted to try, I figured I should give it a shot.”
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Man, that was a massive writing lead-in for that small bit.
As has been said pretty much consistently, it works, but to perfection is down the road. The good news? More people working on it, faster road to perfection, and more competition along the way to push everyone to provide better services over the competition.
Streaming is looking to being a good alternative in the long run.
Microsoft doesn't need a portable when they have this. The phone/tablet you already have becomes the new portable. I use a Surface Go and smartphone when I'm outta the house, to be able to pick up where I left off, either locally (on the Surface Go), or by streaming (on the Surface Go and smartphone) is all the options I need in that scenario. Pack in my trusty Xbox One gamepad into my bag and all is well. Ideally, they would want to create certain accessories for popular devices though...maybe a sleeker attachment for Galaxy devices or their own Surface line.
A good supplement rather than alternative/replacement. I'm all for more options, but if I have the choice, I don't want to compromise on latency for the sake of playing it on my phone. But again, choices, which is something I can definitely support.
Stadia is a replacement whereas Xcloud is an option
The extra input lag from Wifi really hurts unless you're playing a crpg or something I'm sure