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PS5 And Xbox Two To Be Cloud Based Says Final Fantasy's Hajime Tabata

The PS3 and the PS4 took it the next step by taking the gaming experience online. But the PS5 and the next Xbox console are going to a completely new level, that is if we are to believe the words of one legendary director.

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PhoenixUp2286d ago

Director talking out of his ass

Zeref2285d ago

They're definitely not going to be completely cloud based but Xbox did say that they're planning to launch a streaming service in 2019 2020, so you'd definitely have the option by then .

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fiveby92285d ago

Being cloud-based is very nebulous. Cloud means many different things. I'd be surprised and saddened if they mean completely streaming services. I suspect that is not what the next step in console gaming will be. Cloud-based components to gaming though. That will occur. Most corporate computing will be moving to a cloud-based infrastructure. Gaming will follow suit to a degree.

KillBill2285d ago

I would have to see a link to Microsoft discussing this point...

Blasphemy2285d ago (Edited 2285d ago )

what makes you think so? big dev get early console specs 2 years before they launch. i could see what hes saying being a thing. 5g will change everything. it will give everyone 1gb+ speeds with 1ms latency, WIRELESSLY. if you dont see the potential in this i can see why you disagree with him.

Blasphemy2285d ago

i would be curious to know why people disagree with what i said.

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Chocoburger2285d ago

@Blasphemy, yes developers get information on consoles in advance, he possibly has information on PS5 right now. However, its all under NDA contract, there's no way he could leak real information on these next consoles without Sony's lawyers filing a lawsuit against him within 10 seconds of making that statement publicly.

Sony and Microsoft control information about next-gen consoles at a time like this, its not up to Tabata to tell us what PS5 will or won't be. So this is why we believe he's talking out his ass.

Omnislashver362285d ago

It will increase the mobile gaming space no doubt, but core gamers still won't give two damns about playing on a 5-inch screen.

indysurfn2285d ago

I dont know I live in even my brand new fiber optics is still 5ms latency. It is faster than my 300mps comcast (which I dropped last month). But I dont see more than 10 percent with a 1gb coming soon. Unless every company upgrades AGAIN. And lower prices for the gigabit speeds. Because how many people are going to spend over 130$ for just internet connection?

MeteorPanda2285d ago (Edited 2285d ago )

because access? How many countries will have 5g? Who wins here? The internet providers who have been more outrageous with their pricing bundles every year. That's why no one wants digital.

Ahh, you're a troll. "why? cloud gaming makes everything easier and less time consuming. you can get right into the game instead of waiting hours in line for it to release." No sane person says this. Hours in line for it to release? We arn't apple fans here.

DJStotty2284d ago

maybe because everyone wont get 1GB+ speeds with 1ms latency

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Blasphemy2285d ago

just wanted to update you on why what he is saying maybe a possibilty if these consoles launch around 2020 when 5g will become a thing.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MatrixxGT2285d ago

5g will be a thing in select cities within the infrustructure. More rural areas will not see 5g for many years after 2020. That said ill stick with ps4 and be done with gaming if this shit goes cloud.

TheUndertaker852285d ago

My area right now barely supports LTE or 4G. Even 3G at points is sketchy. Not to mention consistency factors. One minute you're running perfect 4G and the next you're roaming. I'd also argue prices right now for such services aren't exactly pretty and data caps are a large hindrance.

Blasphemy2285d ago

why? cloud gaming makes everything easier and less time consuming. you can get right into the game instead of waiting hours in line for it to release.

Aenea2285d ago

4g isn't even available everywhere why would adoption of 5g be faster?

Psychotica2285d ago

No thanks, I rather use the wi-fi connection over my LAN.

iloveallgames2284d ago

@blasphemy
4G LTE became available to install in 2009. At&t didn't start installing towers until 2011. Now look at At&t's 4G LTE coverage in the US 7 years after their first tower (red dots are LTE towers). 9 years after 4G LTE launch, still pathetic coverage.
https://www.nperf.com/en/ma...

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fr0sty2285d ago

"Cloud Based" translated means "Online required". I'd hope both Sony and MS learned from XBone's mistake there...

Gunstar752285d ago

Who here isn't connected to the internet???

TheUndertaker852285d ago (Edited 2285d ago )

Sony clearly hasn't. Save Data on PS4 short of a system to system transfer requires cloud storage via PlayStation Plus. PlayStation Now is connected to streaming and doesn't allow a full download. Even video content that was purchased on PS3, where it could be stored on the system, only allows streaming on PS4 with no download option. Avatars on PS3 allowed the user to download those avatars to the system for use by any account on the same system. PS4 did away with that, affiliating avatars with PSN accounts. Even most music which could be downloaded to the PS3 cannot be on PS4.

It's actually quite odd after the beginning of this gen. People harking on Microsoft for having an "always online" stance. Sony even chirped in. Microsoft altered their stance and eliminated many of the always online policies. Yet Microsoft allows more content to be stored to their system as a result while Sony is pushing streaming alternatives left and right.

It's also downright BS that one Xbox Live subscription on a Xbox One allows any users on the system to access cloud storage for their saves without the need to subscribe each account. Yet on PlayStation devices to use cloud storage all accounts need a PlayStation Plus subscription.

FITSniper2284d ago

@TheUndertaker85. That's not true. You can back up save data to an external hard drive.

PlayStation_52285d ago

Don't worry. This isn't "News" or even a "Rumor". In fact, it shouldn't even qualify as an "Opinion" since Hajime Tabata isn't even quoted as saying any of this in the article. This is nothing but pure "Clickbait". Where's that tag N4G? 0_o

Xenophon_York2285d ago (Edited 2285d ago )

XBOX could be hypothesizing how difficult it would be to win back control of the game console market next generation.

The XBOX One X could have had been a test to determine how many dedicated gamers they could win back.

The momentum PlayStation has from the end of the PlayStation 3's cycle and the hit-the-ground-running PS4 will be near impossible for Microsoft to catch up to with an XBOX Two.

In short, why would they pour hundreds of millions of dollars into a locally processed console when a cheaper cloud-based console delivers the same content?

It's going to be one of the most exciting console generation reveals ever.

agent45322284d ago

I agree, is just becoming financially impossible to release a console with current technology for less than $800.00. Sony electronic department was already working on 4K tvs on 2010. Sony's gaming department knew about the upcoming 4K tv but to save 💰 and keep the PS4 at $400.00 decided to come out and sell a 2010 gaming machine. If the PS4 Pro had come out instead with native 4K not pseudo, the console itself would of cost $600.00-$700.00 dollars. Proving, that continuing with console hardware it will only hold gaming back. PS Now, xbox game pass combined with PSN/Xbox Live can bring a low cost cloud/download tv experience without the need of outdated console hardware

Chocoburger2285d ago

@TheUndertaker85
"Save Data on PS4 short of a system to system transfer requires cloud storage via PlayStation Plus."

I back up my PS4 save files on a USB drive. Did you not know this was possible?

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Nyxus2286d ago

Hopefully not, and I really doubt it. Maybe as an extra option (as is already the case with services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now), but not as a replacement for physical media.

Sonic_Vs_Mario2286d ago

Xbox Game Pass isn't a cloud based service, you need an Xbox console to take advantage of the service.

Razzer2285d ago (Edited 2285d ago )

No, you don’t. Game Pass is available on Windows 10 for Play Anywhere games. No Xbox needed.

How many times are you going to be corrected on this before it sinks in?

kevnb2285d ago

Fine you can play a few games on pc, it’s still not a steaming service.

Razzer2285d ago

Cloud based doesn’t necessarily mean streaming

fathertime44642285d ago (Edited 2285d ago )

@raider only play anywhere games work on pc via game pass. Lmao cloud based most definitely implies streaming

Razzer2285d ago

Cloud = streaming is an extremely limited view. It is hard to say what the Tabata is referring to as there are no direct quotes, but many have referred to cloud based as content delivery systems that goes along with the GaaS model.

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spicelicka2284d ago

@Razzer

I think OP means you need HARDWARE to play the games. They aren't being streamed off the cloud. Just using Xbox as an example.

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agent45322284d ago

Why not, today's consoles needed a bloody ass upgrade to keep up with gaming. Do you really think Jurassic World Evolution, Iron Harvest, Final Fantasy 7 remake is going to work on og PS4/Xbox one. The answer is no; thus, it would prove why Sony/Microsoft needed to upgrade their consoles. It also proves console hardware is dead and buried

XiNatsuDragnel2286d ago

Hell no Imma out if that's true

XiNatsuDragnel2285d ago

Probably reading, questing with babe etc....

Lennoxb632285d ago

@Ittoittosai

Nintendo is pretty much already there with the Switch.

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XCOM's Jake Solomon Q&A - Building a Narrative-Driven Life Sim Game at Midsummer Studios

XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon has founded a new studio to make a life sim game. Here's a new interview with him.

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The Big Inworld AI Q&A - 'Everyone in Gaming Sees the Potential of Generative AI'

Wccftech interviewed Nathan Yu from Inworld AI to discuss the dynamic NPC tech's applications to games as well as potential issues like costs.

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Xbox President Sarah Bond's Bloomberg Interview Is Corporate Fakery At Its Best

Saad from eXputer: "After Arkane Austin & Tango were shutdown, Xbox President Sarah Bond spoke with Bloomberg in what I believe to be utter corporate fakery."

gold_drake1d 22h ago

im not really surprised by that, shes always been more a "let me talk about something else than what u want to know" kinda gal

Cacabunga1d 14h ago

If what they are doing is that good, what’s the point of hiding the true story?

anast1d 19h ago

She's a caricature of the shareholders.

PRIMORDUS1d 17h ago

"Shareholders" I call them cancer, they are already rich to begin with but need more and more. It's like a disease, with no cure.

__y2jb1d 1h ago

If you have a pension then you are likely to be a shareholder in these big tech companies yourself. To demonize them as 'heartless rich people' shows you have no idea what you're talking about.

anast23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

@Y2

Of course, it isn't about that. You are attempting to set up a self-righteous strawman to stir up some kind of ignorant mob mentality.

And by the way, most everyone is a touch heartless or we wouldn't be able to consume the products we do knowing very well how they are made. People have to be this way because of self-preservation and convenience.

__y2jb20h ago

@anast please explain to me how what i said is self righteous or a strawman. I simply pointed out that categorizing all shareholders as cancer is ridiculous.

Leeroyw1d 14h ago

I own shares in game companies. I'm not anything near a major share holder. I just want them to make good games and be successful because of that. I think it's the senior management that's the problem. They are the ones that should be making it clear to the shareholders what creates growth and ensures a future of their business. Not this weasle words garbage that she did on the interview. It was horrific. I don't know a shareholder that would be happy with any of them for this.

Profchaos1d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

Same and I'm not rich by any stretch like most people's I'm just trying to keep my head above water these days most company's shareholders are made up of everyday people it's amazing how companies think we want something but the reality is we don't.

Disney are probably the worse at the moment it's shareholders voted on ending a lot of the crap and outing the current execs the execs turned around and said no we disagree with the shareholder vote

PRIMORDUS1d 8h ago

I meant at the rich fucks who have millions in the bank already. They are making so much per year, that if they don't make what they are expecting they go into a panic, when in reality it will not even hurt them at all. Those are greedy assholes.

anast23h ago

"you have a pension then you are likely to be a shareholder"

Pensioners don't make any decisions about anything. Obviously that is not what this is about.

CrimsonWing691d 18h ago

Yea, it was and it’s insulting that they think we’re dumb enough to fall for this. Look, the truth was you took a gamble on these studios and while they released some games to critical praise and great reception they just aren’t bringing in a ROI. Be transparent, you’re not a politician.

Just tell everyone you spend money on projects big and small and when money isn’t being made you go over the potential of revenue a studio can bring in vs those that can’t and make the hard decision to chop them.

She says this whole thing about “success” doesn’t fit one meaning for each studio. Well yea, a small budget production isn’t going to expect to sell the same as a large budget production.

One thing I wish they did though was let Tango be an independent studio.

TheGamingHounds1d 18h ago

disheartening to see no regard for the human cost of business anymore
the bad decisions and judgements of these CEOs severely impact the frontliners
these fake responses are just salt on wounds

RoadRacer1d 18h ago

imagine havin the audacity to say "we need more games like hifi rush" right after closing the studio that made it lol
followin up with this show of "deflecting every question" was in poor taste

StormSnooper1d 15h ago

MS is all about lip service.

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