TheGodfather07
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It needs to have an Ethernet port. I have never had a good experience with cloud streaming through WiFi. Its unreliable.
Makes no sense to launch it without a big first party game.
Honestly, their best shot was a Starfield promo during the holiday. The thing is practically a stocking stuffer.
Man Xbox X s not even ready yet never mind this
The biggest issue with their ecosystem right now is that not all games support cloud streaming, just (most) of the games on Game Pass. If they're going to maximize their profitability to the mass market, they need to first enable all Xbox Series X games to run "in the cloud". Until that happens, this is just going to be niche.
For example - if this released today, there would be no way for someone to plug it in, sign in with their Xbox account, and give Microsoft $60 in exchange for buying Elden Ring and start playing it.
If I had to guess, that's their biggest hold up.
>SERIES C (COMPANION)
>6nm process
>Zen 2 & RDNA 2-based
>4c/8t mobile Zen 2 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz
>10 RDNA 2 CUs clocked at 1 GHz, providing 1.28 TF of performance
>Also supports a Performance Mode option setting the GPU clock
at 1.565 GHz, for 2 TF
>24 ROPs (24 Gpixels/s - 37.56 Gpixels/s pixel fillrate)
>60 TMUs (60 Gtexels/s - 93.9 Gtexels/s texture fillrate)
>Minirature, small footprint mobile box for GamePass streaming via xCloud
-NOT a streaming stick; footprint closer in size to an Apple TV
>Connects to any compatible display device (or other devices such as
computers and laptops) via USB Type-C, which provides both data transmission
and power charging
>Can also connect to smart TV devices via Wifi, with built-in support for
Wifi 6E. Features built-in ethernet port
>Allows for viewing of live television content and, when configured as an
accessing point from a main PC or Xbox Series console, can locally stream
4K video content and games
>PiP feature of GamePass TV naturally works with Series C as well, whether
television has built-in PiP or not
>Features support for all GamePass TV capabilities (GamePass TV being
whatever app MS does for integration into smart TVs)
>2x USB Gen 4 2x2 (2.4 GB/s) Type-C port (power supply, wired data transfer
(optional)), 1x USB Gen 3 Type-A port
>While primarily a GamePass xcloud streaming machine, Series C also comes
with built-in apps for Netflix, Youtube, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and Peacock
>Features 128 GB of internal storage via an upgradable 120 MB/s USH-II SDXC
microSD card, and an additional 8 GB of onboard soldered NAND for OS and
update file packages (non-replaceable and non-accessible by user). Internal
storage is replaceable, supports up to 1 TB microSD SDXC cards of up to 240
MB/s bandwidths
>Streaming bitrate options can be set on the device for those with more
strict data plans; streaming bitrate options can be set for each individual
profile, across the system itself and profile settings can be shared among
the device and other devices supporting GamePass that the user has their
account registered with. Other options will include being able to set
active online network access times by either time or bandwidth for different
networks across each shared account (these features will also be implemented
out to existing Xbox platforms like the Series S and Series X as well)
>4 GB of GDDR6 memory as 2x 12 Gbps modules providing 96 GB/s effective bandwidth
>Comes with universal remote & Xbox Series controller
>MSRP: $149
>RELEASE: Fall 2023
What a complete abomination, where are you getting these ideas from?Reposting 'cuz I'm bored:
Bolded are the things I'm most confident will happen. Never liked the idea of a streaming stick or puck, mainly because they're too small and look kind of ugly.
The app might be first.This is a great first step into being on everything.
Hopefully a year or so after they can start creating a Smart TV app too.
What? What hardware issues does the Series X suffer from?Man Xbox X s not even ready yet never mind this
There are several possible benefits over a TV app.As someone who doesn't currently own an Xbox or any Xbox controllers, I would buy it if:
1) it can do something not possible through just having an Xbox cloud app on my smart TV.
2) it's so small that it can plug into a USB slot without hanging/dangling like the Firestick unfortunately did before I had a smart TV.
3) it's bundled with an Xbox controller at a low price (for instance $10 on top at most) and if buying that bundle gave me something like a free month of Game Pass Ultimate (if I subscribe for, say, 6 months) so that it would sort of cancel out the cost of the dongle itself.
I guess (1) is most important because otherwise why bother? I could see the benefit being some sort of feature that makes the latency between the controller and receiver super low since you're already having to deal with input lag by default due to the nature of cloud streaming, but it would have to be demonstrably better.
HuhMakes no sense to launch it without a big first party game.
Honestly, their best shot was a Starfield promo during the holiday. The thing is practically a stocking stuffer.
What a complete abomination, where are you getting these ideas from?
ill definitely buy an Xbox stick. like others have said though it needs ethernet. I'm sure they will include it. they can just do something like this:
Stadia couldn’t work out how to make an all you can eat subscription feasible obviously, otherwise what would have stopped them.Why is your takes always stupid?
Stadia didn't have games. Hardware wise, it's the best Cloud gaming. Much better than whatever Cloud gaming we have now.
Games are what killed stadia. And xcloud doesn't have that issue.
The game offerings weren't that great.Stadia couldn’t work out how to make an all you can eat subscription feasible obviously, otherwise what would have stopped them.
Got it, sorry I was getting mixed up with my Fire Stick that I plug into a USB slot for power since I don't want another cable dangling down. Hopefully this streaming thing would also be able to do the same.There are several possible benefits over a TV app.
TVs are notorious for having weak WIFI radios and non-gigabit ethernet. This device could have a premium wireless chipset and gigabit ethernet to help compensate for the latency.
In addition, this device would likely have a chipset to handle the Xbox Wireless Protocol, which is superior to a Bluetooth connection.
Also, regarding #2 this would connect via HDMI, not USB.
If it's good like stadia, I would use my xsx money for my pc.Got it, sorry I was getting mixed up with my Fire Stick that I plug into a USB slot for power since I don't want another cable dangling down. Hopefully this streaming thing would also be able to do the same.