Xbox cloud servers are literally 5 motherboards: 1 management board and 4 Xbox ones. Developers can optimize for a single configuration rather than bake in support for multiple ones. Once it works on an Xbox dev kit, it works on all Xboxs including cloud, console, and handheld. SDKs are making that a thing in the past, but it’s not perfect.
Right but this is cloud gaming on Xbox AND PC. User hardware doesn’t matter so you’d only need to make sure it works on the cloud servers which should be allowed to be a heck of a lot more beefy when not restricted to Xbox architecture. Am I off base? I appreciate the insight.
They are sitting in the warehouse because there aren’t enough other parts (e.g. DIMMs), power, or data centers for them. And as stupid as AI bullshit is, they are paying more than gamers by orders of magnitude.
Ah, I may have to clarify that technically Microsoft isn’t the AI bro I’m referring to, though they do partake in the insanity. I’m referring to OpenAI specifically. “circular financing” and all that, but Microsoft is more of the hosting provider for OpenAI.
Xbox and PC versions aren’t exactly 1:1. Plus, those are extremely expensive GPUs to not be selling for top dollar to the AI bros instead.
Edit- I’m leaving out things like architecture, shaders, tensor cores, NVIDIA vs AMD, SXM vs PCI-E, etc.
Not 1:1 sure, but I’m struggling to think of a meaningful difference that would make the PC version an inferior one besides incompetent porting.
Xbox cloud servers are literally 5 motherboards: 1 management board and 4 Xbox ones. Developers can optimize for a single configuration rather than bake in support for multiple ones. Once it works on an Xbox dev kit, it works on all Xboxs including cloud, console, and handheld. SDKs are making that a thing in the past, but it’s not perfect.
Right but this is cloud gaming on Xbox AND PC. User hardware doesn’t matter so you’d only need to make sure it works on the cloud servers which should be allowed to be a heck of a lot more beefy when not restricted to Xbox architecture. Am I off base? I appreciate the insight.
The cloud servers are actually literally Xbox series x’s.
Ah. Okay, I get it now. I guess that’s easier in the short term for mass production, but I can’t imagine that’s good for long term support.
those GPUs were sold for top dollar to AI bros.
its why microsoft has so many of them, sitting in a warehouse, waiting to be used, for stupid AI bullshit.
They are sitting in the warehouse because there aren’t enough other parts (e.g. DIMMs), power, or data centers for them. And as stupid as AI bullshit is, they are paying more than gamers by orders of magnitude.
Yes, thank you for circling back to the original point.
God what a mountain road that was.
Ah, I may have to clarify that technically Microsoft isn’t the AI bro I’m referring to, though they do partake in the insanity. I’m referring to OpenAI specifically. “circular financing” and all that, but Microsoft is more of the hosting provider for OpenAI.