the dualshock 4 controller in the ad lmao
Wondering if we’ll ever hear more of this or it will just be silently integrated into xCloud.
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Jez said on the xboxera podcast that this integration might be in the pipeline. When it will get completely integrated remains to be seen.
This is Game engine side addition to optimize for streaming. So, it is over and above the xcloud infrastructure.
Just thinking out loud –
I think they should name the backend server infrastructure as - XCloud
and
rename Xbox Cloud Gaming as - Orion.
Why waste the name.
It’s been a not so great time on the iPhone X. My internet speed is 200 Mbps so you think it would be fast enough to play fairly well but I guess not. Gonna try it on PC later and see if it’s any better.
I hope they introduce a region checker so ppl know whether their regional Xcloud and associated cdns have been upgraded to Series X blades.
Just noticed this when trying to start DOOM Eternal on xcloud. Which version are we getting in the cloud? 
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Isn’t the game updating today? Maybe they’re just taking it off for the day until the next-gen patch is live and it’ll play that one.
Just tried Xbox Cloud Gaming on my iPhone and I’m not impressed. There’s just too much input lag to play fast paced games. I tried remote play from my Series X on the same phone & it felt so much better than playing through Microsoft’s data center.
I hope Xbox has something in the pipeline that will significantly reduce the input lag that their game streaming offers. I found Stadia to be a much better experience and I’m hoping that Microsoft isn’t banking on Xbox Cloud Gaming to grow its user-base in any major way, as the current experience is only going to drive consumers away from the service.
I had the exact opposite experience of what you had.
I guess it’s all going to depend how close each person is to the data center.
I’m pretty far.
the region you are in might still have the older blades.
Try and use this website to gauge your latency to the nearest Azure DB. Keep in mind it’s an average and there seems to be high ping spikes at the beginning causing inflated averages. My nearest one levels out to around 50-60 ms. I find latency to be acceptable and in some titles like Ori feel like native games.
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Overall for me it works great. The only game that I have tried so far that just flat out didnt feel good to play was Forza Horizon 4. It didnt look very good, tons of compression artifacts, and just flat out felt like molasses.
Some of the 2D stuff like Battletoads and Streets of Rage 4 look and feel native. (This was all on 250 Mb internet at my aunts house, and 500Mb internet in my apartment)
Nah, I was playing on the Series X blades. Had the option for 120fps on Ori and Sea of Thieves loaded fast with 60fps in-game.
That is not how it works. There are clusters of data centres, few main and few CDN datacentres that serve you your game. They all collectively work in tandem to give your content.
report it to xbox, if possible
Nearest for me is less than 30 ms, I must be more sensitive to input lag compared to others. Remote play felt native to me, Xbox Cloud Streaming wasn’t feeling native, even in Ori at 120fps.
I’ve given negative feedback a few times before, didn’t do it this time because I wanted to jump right into remote play for comparison to see if it felt as bad.