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Hey don't let facts get in the way of HBKs Microsoft bashing
Yeah, let's not.

http://www.techhive.com/article/203...ns-the-xbox-ones-cloud-enhanced-graphics.html
Xbox One games that need an extra graphics boost will be able to tap into 300,000 Microsoft servers for “latency-insensitive computation.” The cloud architecture can provide additional lighting, physics, and motion effects beyond the capabilities of the console's 8-core AMD processor and custom GPU.
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For what it's worth I think that there's a difference between what Cerny potentially thinks the question is implying about the cloud and what Microsoft have said the cloud will help with.

It's not there to do heavy lifting, it's more there for background processes.
 

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It hasn't been just MS that have said this; a few devs have also said that the cloud can help with lighting/physics to increase in-game performance. Where have MS said that the cloud directly boosts graphics like you said (not just lighting/physics)?




Speaking with Redmond Game Studios and Platforms GM Matt Booty, Ars Technica reports that cloud computing will boost performance in games designed for Microsoft's Xbox One.

While latency-sensitive actions will be handled by a user's Xbox One console, Microsoft claims its cloud architecture can pre-calculate elements like lighting and physics modeling, leading to increased in-game performance.

This additional processing is made possible by the 300,000 servers that will power Xbox Live after the Xbox One's launch, up from the 15,000 servers currently supporting the service. Booty notes that "[for] every Xbox One available in your living room we'll have three of those devices in the cloud available."

Xbox One games that support the feature will remain operational in the event of an Internet connection outage, though developers will need to address the possibility of reduced performance. "In the event of a drop out [...] the game is going to have to intelligently handle that," Booty tells Ars Technica.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/24/report-xbox-one-performance-upped-by-cloud-processing/
 

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Nope not offended, I just dont have a hatred towards Microsoft like HBK does ;) and same goes for other posters here aswell, I do prefer the Playstation over Xbox, but doesnt mean I feel the need to find anything negative about the Xbox and post it here lol
 

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Nope not offended, I just dont have a hatred towards Microsoft like HBK does ;) and same goes for other posters here aswell, I do prefer the Playstation over Xbox, but doesnt mean I feel the need to find anything negative about the Xbox and post it here lol
Yeh I know, just kinda got sick of the constant negativity. My bad
It wasn't a negative comment. It was a comment fixing the fallacy behind what is being touted as the capabilities of the Cloud.

I don't hate MS, I own many of their products actually. But whatever floats your boat.

I dislike when a company lies or skews the truth to their consumer, clearing that up should be a good thing.
 
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