Microsoft: Cloud turns any Xbox One in the world into your Xbox

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Most of the information in this promotional Xbox One video is common knowledge, but a few interesting tidbits can still be gleaned. Albert Penello, lead planner for Xbox, reveals that using your profile on another Xbox One not only gives you access to your purchases, but also your own customized home screen and your game saves. "Basically, any Xbox One, anywhere in the world, is your Xbox," Penello says.

In terms of SmartGlass, Penello says the big appeal for Microsoft is discovery – being able to find content on the go, highlight it on a SmartGlass device, then come home and find it right there on Xbox One. "You can browse the entire catalog of games and entertainment on Xbox One on SmartGlass," Penello adds, and "you can navigate the dash; you can navigate your Blu-ray movies."

Ryse: Son of Rome and Dead Rising 3 are also specifically called out for their SmartGlass functionality. Ryse lets players customize their characters, set up multiplayer matches and comb through a bunch of other content while away from the console, while Dead Rising 3's integration is more literal – your real-life phone is treated as a phone, and Dead Rising 3 will dispatch mission calls with their own storylines and characters through SmartGlass.



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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/16/microsoft-cloud-turns-any-xbox-one-in-the-world-into-your-xbox/

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NeuroPosted:

I can't wait to see the power of the cloud hand on

xSTaTiCBLuExPosted:

I'm sure you will end up waiting 10minutes for it to download the data...

DLTPosted:

Yin I have questions though. Will games save on both the system and the cloud? If so, will it try and load from the system or cloud first? I would hate to play while the internet is down and it load from the cloud later when I am further along in the game. Could mess my save up. This is all assuming it would be two separate saves and not just the latest save that could be linked to your name. (I may have answered my own question, lol.) I really like this idea if they get it to work properly.


I would assume it would work the same way as it does now, saves locally then tries to upload the save when the console is powering down.

I would also want the console to check if the latest save is local or on the cloud. If the latest save is local it should load the local save and try to move it to the cloud whilst the console is powering down. If the latest save is on the cloud it should download it to a temporary directory then load from there and when you save, upload it back to the cloud.

EstablishedGamingPosted:

I sense alot of account hackers on the way -_-

GrownPosted:

I honestly think the cloud is not gonna be good at all.

DJMarkyMarkPosted:

Yin I have questions though. Will games save on both the system and the cloud? If so, will it try and load from the system or cloud first? I would hate to play while the internet is down and it load from the cloud later when I am further along in the game. Could mess my save up. This is all assuming it would be two separate saves and not just the latest save that could be linked to your name. (I may have answered my own question, lol.) I really like this idea if they get it to work properly.


Some will be both and others will be just the cloud or console. It really just depends on the type of game. It seems to me like all multiplayer saves will be on the cloud though to prevent people from altering or modifying saves.

Ted-Posted:

This is pretty awesome! The cloud is the next generation of gaming and is turning to be very useful

YinPosted:

I have questions though. Will games save on both the system and the cloud? If so, will it try and load from the system or cloud first? I would hate to play while the internet is down and it load from the cloud later when I am further along in the game. Could mess my save up. This is all assuming it would be two separate saves and not just the latest save that could be linked to your name. (I may have answered my own question, lol.) I really like this idea if they get it to work properly.

LOLTIMEPosted:

raefon why would you want to bother using all your settings on someone elses Xbone......and smart glass bah another none event for me.

If im away from the Xbox its for a reason not to do stuff on my smart glass.....geesh.


let me guess ps4 right.Microsoft going in the right direction and stop hating just because it's different

raefonPosted:

why would you want to bother using all your settings on someone elses Xbone......and smart glass bah another none event for me.

If im away from the Xbox its for a reason not to do stuff on my smart glass.....geesh.


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