WTF are you talking about?
Issues I have experienced when doing cloud-computing, click the sign in the quotes to read the previous messages in discussion.
I were wondering how many people had actually tried cloud-computing.
I think that most of the 'evangelists' of cloudcomputing have never tried it - I use it at work - Excel, Windows, MS Word, Internet Explorer - it's all running in the cloud, at best it works normally just like local computing with a giant handbrake on the computer, some stuff you can't do depending on how good your connection is, the office I sit in right now, can't play youtube due to bad local connection - and no memory in client to loacl cache - you've also relinquished all access to your own possibility of remaining in control of the computer wich is located a long way away, no access to settings forinstance - and other simple stuff. I got decent internet.
<= Across nation
<= Across the world
Ebru wich is the call-center I speak to is a Microsoft Gold partner, I don't know how different server-tech is between Xbox One, and the garbage we use, but doing cloud-computing, running OS, programs and everything else, in this office, my client is unable to play youtube-videos in 144p quality without major lag, and chopping of sound, when also watching the stream. switch to a tab, don't watch the video - and I can hear the sound playing.
Move the ethernet cable to my old laptop with local software, and I get godly speeds no matter what I do.
When the password change monthly forinstance, it don't necesarily log you out off the session - because of the security the service-provider sets - you need to talk to someone with a phonecall to get password change, and forcibly end the session, before you can restart it.
Starting Excel sometimes feels like running Windows 3.11 - 15 years ago - if system freezez while trying to open a document, you don't have any way of figuring out what's wrong, is it your network, is it something wrong with the servers, sometimes you fix it with a reset, and forcibly restarting your session, but every once in a while you can't get back into your session, with no clue of what's wrong, or no access to system-checking tools.
Living in a area where a powercompany is digging, and internet might be spotty for a day or two, guess what, your session running all game-stuff is suddenly also spotty for a day or two.
The clouds have it's uses, you'll get some stuff.
But no matter how much I wish it were a great fix for everything, but in my experience it's not the great fix of everything wich MS pretends it to be. :-/
So people should not expect too much, despite beeing connected to the clouds.
If cloud was nothing then why is turn10, and respawn studios excited about it?
Most likely same rason why Maxis/EA were excited for running part of the game in the cloud in Civilization - they imagine a future where they can get access to a larger advertisement market, and other profitable ventures for the companies - by selling access to singleplayers aswell.
If they can make sure more people are online, you have a larger market wich buy and download DLC and similar - and it will be easier for them to advertise to you, etc.
Yes, you can do small stuff, like swap stuff like difficulty serverside without patches - but the internet-bandwith for most people - is nowhere near the necesarry benefits rarely outweigh the negatives from a consumer-standpoint.