Play Xbone games on Win10 PC's! (Gaming)
by red robber 
, Crawfish Country, Sunday, July 19, 2015, 13:38 (3415 days ago)
http://news.xbox.com/2015/07/xbox-new-xbox-features-on-xbox-one-and-windows-10
This is interesting. So I'm assuming I don't need to carry around my Xbox if I want to play away from home?
Play Xbone games on Win10 PC's!
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Sunday, July 19, 2015, 14:03 (3415 days ago) @ red robber
http://news.xbox.com/2015/07/xbox-new-xbox-features-on-xbox-one-and-windows-10
This is interesting. So I'm assuming I don't need to carry around my Xbox if I want to play away from home?
Not so simple, since input lag will be very noticeable, but yeah, I'm excited as well!
It also only works on LAN.
by UnrealCh13f , San Luis Obispo, CA, Sunday, July 19, 2015, 15:07 (3414 days ago) @ ZackDark
You can't connect from outside your home network, so you can't game from a Starbucks.
Unless you want to VPN in, but then you're just asking for issues.
You can't connect from outside your home network, so you can't game from a Starbucks.
Then what's the point? If I'm at home and want to play my Xbox, I'll utilize my Xbox, not my PC.
They want to make sure you have a good experience and not an awful one. They even suggest NOT using wireless of any kind.
But the utility of this is that Cruel can play Destiny on his laptop and not wake up his kidlet because he will be farther away.
Is it possible to stream while doing something else?
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Sunday, July 19, 2015, 18:23 (3414 days ago) @ Funkmon
As in, stream a game while the Xbox itself is running Netflix?
Is it possible to stream while doing something else?
by Funkmon , Sunday, July 19, 2015, 20:39 (3414 days ago) @ ZackDark
Nope.
Then I agree it is gimmicky
by ZackDark , Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Sunday, July 19, 2015, 20:50 (3414 days ago) @ Funkmon
Not saying they should/can do better, but I can only think of very few cases in which it would be useful.
Not saying they should/can do better, but I can only think of very few cases in which it would be useful.
I guess that was my point. I don't see it as something to get excited about, personally. Funkmon said Cruel could use it to avoid waking his kid. Is it not possible to just move the Xbox and accomplish the same thing? Maybe a pain in the ass, yes, but still seems more desirable than trying to stream to laptop. Granted, maybe that will work a lot more smoothly than I anticipate, but even if it does, it doesn't seem like something I would do.
Also, I'm not shit-talking. If this is helpful to anyone, even in only very specific cases, more power to them! I think that's great. I just don't really see that it's really that exciting. Now, if it could do it away from home, I'd understand where they're coming from. But now, the first thought that came to my mind was, "Why bother?"
Then I agree it is gimmicky
by DiscipleN2k , Edmond, OK, Monday, July 20, 2015, 01:00 (3414 days ago) @ ZackDark
I was actually pretty excited about it. I can leave the Xbox hooked up to the big TV in the living room where the kids have room to play Kinect games, but stream it to my PC when I want to play on my smaller, better display and free up the big TV for actually watching TV. I did a lot of moving back and forth before, but if they ever fix the chat while streaming issue, I may never have to move it again.
-Disciple
Plus side: use VPN to buy from Xur when out of town
may be gimmicky, but it does have very limited potential for xursday.