woelkchen@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.world · 2 months agoLeaked images show Microsoft’s new Xbox Cloud Gaming controllerwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down18
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkLeaked images show Microsoft’s new Xbox Cloud Gaming controllerwww.theverge.comwoelkchen@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoBut we already know its not.
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoThe controller sends nput direct to the server via WiFi, rather than via Bluetooth through the viewing device. Removes some latency, which given how much latency cloud having introduces makes a difference.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoBut then why is it shaped like a shitty pancake?
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTo make it more portable would be my guess. Same reason the Switch is flat.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago But we already know its not. “It will connect directly to Xbox Cloud Gaming servers to reduce latency, much like how Google’s Stadia controllers used to work.”
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoNothing about user authentication in that sentence.
But we already know its not.
The controller sends nput direct to the server via WiFi, rather than via Bluetooth through the viewing device. Removes some latency, which given how much latency cloud having introduces makes a difference.
But then why is it shaped like a shitty pancake?
To make it more portable would be my guess. Same reason the Switch is flat.
“It will connect directly to Xbox Cloud Gaming servers to reduce latency, much like how Google’s Stadia controllers used to work.”
Nothing about user authentication in that sentence.