Gaming Has Moved to The Cloud

The Cloud migration has found its way to the gaming world with Microsoft leading the way. On May 21^st Microsoft announced that they would be producing the next generation of their Xbox gaming console called ‘Xbox One.’ The anxiously awaited console will operate much differently than its predecessors and is the next evolutionary step in gaming. The Xbox One has harnessed the power of the cloud in attempts to increase computing speed and expand their server capabilities. According to The Verge, “Microsoft is increasing its number of Xbox Live servers to 300,000, up from only 500 at launch and 15,000 today.”

"Call Of Duty: Ghosts" Gameplay on Xbox One

Today the current Microsoft console, Xbox 360, has to compute and update game information internally, which creates longer loading times for the game itself. With Xbox One’s technology and server expansion of The Cloud, games will take on a whole new look and feel. According to Matt Booty, General Manager of Redmond Game Studios and Platforms, “there’s going to be living, breathing, complicated, huge scale worlds that the game you’re playing can take place within.” Moreover, Xbox One will also expand the capabilities of Microsoft’s Kinect, which is a sensor bar that scans one’s body movements and enables voice activation that gets translated into the gaming world. Ultimately, creating a better virtual world for one’s avatar to live in.

In addition to the adventurous technology, a new console is exciting and getting the crowd stirred up is always enjoyable. It has been 8 years since the unveiling of the Xbox 360 and 8 years since us geeks got to feel like kids again opening presents on Christmas morning. We’re chomping at the bits to get our hands on any information we can find about Xbox One, just so we can feed our childhood desires once again. Thankfully, like Steve Jobs and Apple, Bill Gates temporally elevates that desire and gives his motivational talk on the Xbox One. He explains, in a hyped up dramatic video, how 30 years of data has gone into the development of Xbox One.