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Patent document showcases the cloud-only streaming Xbox console that never was

Microsoft couldn't get the price of its streaming Xbox low enough to release it.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/patent-document-showcases-the-cloud-only-streaming-xbox-console-that-never-was/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

nazokiyoubinbou ,
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@arstechnica I'm not entirely certain that makes sense. For streaming only it needs very little CPU or GPU power. I'm not even sure if a Raspberry Pi (5) couldn't do it today, but even in the past before it came out we're talking some pretty low end hardware from several generations back. The whole point of "cloud gaming" is to offload the actual performance requirements to the other system, thus making the system a dumb terminal. (I still don't understand why people want this though.)

KellicTiger ,
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@arstechnica Death of games being remembered after a console EOL takes another step forward. 😠🤬

richarddegenne ,
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@arstechnica This close to invent thin client PCs 🤏

ar1 ,
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@arstechnica I‘m sitting in my metaverse listening to music off my Zune, while devouring your post.

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