I'll have to find the quote, but during the early months of reveal, one of the developers said that the MS Azure platform is cheaper than any other cloud provider, cheaper than amazon or Google or rackspace.
Major League Gaming choose XB1 for COD:Ghosts *spawn
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I'll have to find the quote, but during the early months of reveal, one of the developers said that the MS Azure platform is cheaper than any other cloud provider, cheaper than amazon or Google or rackspace.
Yes, they have the ability to run other software on azure such as Linux or oracle databases or even java.
It's the same setup as the S3 cloud, running VM's with whatever platform you like. The big difference is the ease of use and accessibility. I find that S3 wins everytime. Azure brings bigger guns to the table though so it's ideal for compute heavy tasks such as rainbow tables etc.
Interestingly I would've said Azure winds hands down in the ease of user category, but I suppose it depends on the complexity of the task.
Same what? They have confirmed dedicated servers for the PC version:
Respawn Entertainment Blog said:
If you mean cross-platform play, obviously not.
Cam upon this today - Unity coming to Sony consoles blog post.
As for MLG choices, what do they support in the past and why? I can't find any reference to what their platform of choice is for their championships. From the video I get the impression that COD is already on the 360 for the Pro circuit. Given the MLG is very US-centric, and the 360 is the predominant console there, it's no surprise that the XBox consoles would be the more frequently used for cross-platform titles. I can't see any other interpretations that can safely be read into this announcement - more explicit detail is required,
They may mean Gaikai, of maybe Sony are investing in a cloud compute system of their own? They'll need something like that for Gaikai, whether their own or renting, and given the specific demands of Gaikai and need for GPUs, I expect they are fairly dependent on building their own. Sony also said the PSN multiplayer fee is there to support gaming infrastructure.
As for MLG choices, what do they support in the past and why? I can't find any reference to what their platform of choice is for their championships. From the video I get the impression that COD is already on the 360 for the Pro circuit. Given the MLG is very US-centric, and the 360 is the predominant console there, it's no surprise that the XBox consoles would be the more frequently used for cross-platform titles. I can't see any other interpretations that can safely be read into this announcement - more explicit detail is required,
Gaikai for PS4 will be availabe until next year, I guess they are talking about gaikai (upcoming cloud gaiming service).
Quite possibly, but hardware can always be repurposed so we could see game serving running on that cloud gaming platform (a PC capable of running COD for remote play is capable of running a game as a server). There may even be an element of server computing necessary for Gaikai, and we have PSN and SOE online services including streaming. It'd be a bit myopic for Sony to invest in an online service structure for all these aspects and yet not include support for load balanced game servers to help fill in downtime, unless a tied party is providing a lot of the server backbone.
He's talking about from a developer's perspective, not about the end user experience. You said PC wouldn't have dedicated servers. I have provided direct evidence from the developers themselves to refute that claim. What are you even trying to argue at this point?
Q: Did they (Sony) announce gameplay can be captured via hdmi for ps4? A: yep, more details to follow down the road
So we after all can mark this checkbox in a PS4 feature list.
It was a decent theory. But MS just signed a deal with Evo to use their hardware wherever possible (both 360 and Xbox One) so I think it's probably just a straight promotional agreement with MLG.
Only Xbox One titles have access to Azure's Thunderhead servers. Even the 360 lacks access.
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