Open Forum Radio - Episode 495

OFR Season 11 (Episode 11) - Get off of my cloud

Tuesday, Feb 11th 2020 9:45 EST

Introduction & Roll Call: AA, Derek, Vladz, Whiskey, Bubba

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* Got your head in the clouds?   * Phil set off a bunch of YouTuber videos and a Twitter storm stating that Google and Amazon being the “real” competition for Xbox "When you talk about Nintendo and Sony, we have a ton of respect for them, but we see Amazon and Google as the main competitors going forward," Spencer said. "That's not to disrespect Nintendo and Sony, but the traditional gaming companies are somewhat out of position. I guess they could try to recreate Azure, but we've invested tens of billions of dollars in cloud over the years." / "I don't want to be in a fight over format wars with those guys while Amazon and Google are focusing on how to get gaming to 7 billion people around the world. Ultimately, that's the goal."* While some focused on the first part of that statement, to me the important part is referring to their plans for their cloud and Azure for Project Xcloud   * Is Cloud Gaming The Future? * GTR - Ep 1000 - Interview With Phil Spencer On The Past, Present And Future Of Xbox with Phil Spencer * GeForce Now Game Streaming Is Live: Free Vs. Paid The service has been in closed beta since 2015 and it's now open to the public with two different subscription models, one free and one paid at $5 USD per month.* Here is Vladz playing the free version, without wifi on and crappy cell signal. Batman - GeForce Now as well as Destiny 2  Sweet!* Project xCloud Will Not Replace Microsoft's Next-Gen Console, Xbox Series X "We're not trying to tell people that xCloud is going to replace their console or xCloud is going to replace gaming on a PC or replace gaming on a Switch or something like that," Xbox head Phil Spencer told GameSpot in an exclusive interview. "But we do think that ability for me to take my gaming experience with me--so that when I log in, all my friends are there, all my games are there, my saved games are there... my Achievements, [and] my library is with me--is pretty critical."* Sony PS Now One of the biggest developments recently was that Sony cut the monthly price in half, from $20 to $10, to align closer to its competitors. There are three subscription models as of now $9.99 monthly, $24.99 for three months ($8.33/month average) or $59.99 yearly ($4.99/month average) * Console wars as we knew them are over *