Microsoft Is Still Making A Cloud Only Next Gen Console

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00:17The power of the cloud may actually mean something for Microsoft now.

00:22Remember that whole thing with the Xbox One,

00:25when it was less powerful than the PS4,

00:27and they said, oh, don't worry.

00:28The power of the cloud will make the Xbox One

00:31the most powerful as console ever.

00:34And it didn't.

00:36But this is different.

00:37Xcloud actually is going to be something cool.

00:39Let's get into it.

00:40Skip it up and down.

00:43So if you remember a while back,

00:44I talked about how Microsoft was going to do something

00:48kind of confusing with next gen,

00:50kind of valve and steam machinist with next gen,

00:54steam machine, I can't, machine-ish with next gen.

01:00They were going to release multiple next gen consoles.

01:03There was going to be the Anaconda,

01:06which is going to be Scarlet.

01:07There was going to be Lockhart,

01:09which is going to be the middle,

01:10like an entry-level version of Scarlet,

01:13where it was meant more for 1080p gaming.

01:16And then they were going to release a streaming console.

01:19Well, recently it was revealed that Microsoft just killed off Lockhart.

01:23It's no longer going to happen,

01:25which I think is a smart move,

01:26because they were kind of going down the same route

01:30as Valve did with steam machines,

01:32like a diet soda version of it.

01:34Valve was absolutely ridiculous

01:36where they had 10,000 different steam machines.

01:37They confused the consumer.

01:39They were trying to bring PC gaming into the living room.

01:42And by making eight,

01:43literally steam machines from 500

01:46to thousands upon thousands of dollars,

01:48people just got confused and said,

01:49you know what?

01:50I'm just buying an eighth gen console.

01:51I have no idea which steam machine to buy.

01:53And they shot themselves in the foot.

01:55Plus SteamOS sucked.

01:56I don't think anyone will refute that.

01:58But anyway, Microsoft got smart and realized,

02:01yeah, releasing multiple next-gen consoles

02:04with different capabilities isn't a good idea.

02:07But one thing they are doing is,

02:09at least any way they're attempting to work on it right now,

02:13is they're still working on a stream-only version

02:17of their next-gen console,

02:19where it'll just be a cloud gaming console.

02:22It'll work with xCloud.

02:23Now Thorat's Brad Sams,

02:25I watched his video on this,

02:27and he says he has insider information on that Microsoft,

02:31even though they got rid of Lockhart,

02:33they're still working on a streaming-only version

02:35of their next-gen console, Scarlett.

02:38And he said the reason why they're doing it

02:40is that they don't want people

02:41just to go through a browser

02:43and try to use xCloud or use it on their smartphone.

02:47They want some kind of almost set-top box

02:51that you hook an Xbox Scarlett controller to,

02:55or Xbox One controller, I guess will work with it too,

02:58and be able to play games from Project xCloud.

03:01Now this streaming-only console from Microsoft

03:04isn't just gonna be a dummy terminal.

03:06It's gonna have enough number-crunching capabilities

03:11where it'll know where your player is in the environment,

03:14because that's the most lag-sensitive thing.

03:17You feel your player moving in a first-person game

03:19or third-person game when there's lag.

03:21You feel it when you try to move your character.

03:24So the box will be able to have the CPU capabilities,

03:28the streaming box, to at least control that.

03:30But the graphics, NPCs, enemies,

03:33environments, so on and so forth,

03:35that's all gonna be computed by the cloud.

03:37So Microsoft's trying to find a way

03:39to mitigate lag as much as possible,

03:41and I guess this is the solution that they have.

03:43And it sounds like it could work out pretty well.

03:45And having this stream-only box control your character

03:49is a smart idea, because instead of just

03:51depending on the cloud to do all the computation,

03:54this little box will at least do that.

03:56And again, it'll make for a less laggy experience

04:01compared to its competitors, maybe from Google Stadia,

04:04or from Sony with PlayStation Now,

04:06or GeForce Now, so on and so forth.

04:09Now, unlike Lockheart, which was supposed to be

04:12the entry-level console,

04:15conventional console from Microsoft,

04:16I didn't think that was a good idea.

04:18And I thought it would have confused the consumer.

04:21And like I said, did something similar

04:23to what Valve did with Steam Machines.

04:25This is different.

04:26Like, people are obviously gonna know the differences.

04:30Well, one, there's not gonna be 3,000 different versions

04:33of Xbox Scarlet like there was with the Steam Machines.

04:36When you see, let's say, Scarlet,

04:39the next-gen console from Microsoft is 500 bucks,

04:42and this Stream Box is 99 bucks.

04:45Anyone with common sense,

04:47you could have zero technical knowledge,

04:50will know, okay, obviously this thing

04:52that's less than 100 bucks is not the same thing

04:55as this $500 next-gen console from Microsoft.

04:59So they're gonna know, okay,

05:00it's probably just for streaming games, or cloud gaming,

05:03or whatever the case may be.

05:04Or at least it'll be easier for the salesperson

05:07at whatever store, whether it be GameStop or Best Buy,

05:10so on and so forth, to say, okay,

05:12this is just for cloud gaming.

05:14The Xbox Scarlet is a conventional console.

05:17The stark contrast and difference in price,

05:19and obviously, I'm sure size, so on and so forth.

05:22Anyone, like I said, with common sense,

05:24didn't even have to have technical knowledge,

05:26will know the difference.

05:27And what Brad Sam's said is true too.

05:29People may still want to be able to play these games

05:33on their television.

05:35They don't want to play them on like my iPad here,

05:37or they don't want to play them on their smartphone,

05:39or they don't want to have to play them through a browser

05:42and stream them from their laptop,

05:47you know, and hook up their laptop to a TV.

05:49That's cumbersome and inconvenient.

05:51Having some little kind of small streaming box

05:53with some brains to mitigate lag,

05:56like I said, the box would be this little

05:58next-gen stream box will be able to like control

06:00where your character is in the game,

06:01because that's the most important thing,

06:03would be a brilliant idea.

06:05And maybe it is someone who has super fast internet,

06:09but doesn't feel like spending $500 or $600

06:12on Microsoft's next-gen system,

06:14may look at this as a viable option.

06:17So, I understand if Microsoft is still working on this,

06:21I understand why they're doing it,

06:23because there is a demographic out there.

06:25They're smart, and they're still selling

06:26a conventional powerful console.

06:28But if there's a consumer out there

06:30who wouldn't spend that kind of money,

06:32but has kick-ass internet,

06:33and may still want to game from time to time,

06:35they may still get them as a consumer.

06:37And they may get these people to spend the 99 bucks

06:40on the stream only box or cloud gaming box

06:43that would never invest any money

06:45in Microsoft's next-gen system.

06:47So, they may get a consumer and a buyer of Xbox products

06:52they may have never had before.

06:54So, it's a smart move.

06:55And look, cloud gaming is the inevitable future.

06:58When it becomes the only way we game, who knows,

07:02but it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.

07:05So, Microsoft jumping on this and seizing the opportunity

07:09is a very smart idea.

07:12This is Rich of ReviewTechUSA, signing out.

07:15Have a good one.

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