Avalanche Studios Co-founder/CTO on Xbox One Online Connectivity
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[quote]“I think we need to accept that connectivity is becoming an integral part of our lives. I’m pretty sure people complained about new machinery requiring electricity to function too, back in the days. Hopefully this development will force internet service providers to shape up and provide cheaper and faster connections.[/quote]
with E3 just around the corner everyone seems to be in the mood to share their views
[QUOTE=Legolas;40925756]"dumb words said by Avalanche guy"[/QUOTE]
Now maybe if I could go down to the general store and buy a handy dandy wireless company, that would be true and your shitty analogy would be correct. But seeing as the Xbox doesn't have a nifty little wireless dongle that lets me start up my own internet company or magically remain connected when I'm moving across the country from bum-fuck-nowhere to bum-fuck-elsewhere, I'll keep away from buying your overpriced brick, thank you.
[QUOTE]Hopefully this development will force internet service providers to shape up and provide cheaper and faster connections.[/QUOTE]
Shouldn't we encourage that the development of internet infrastructure happens in the reverse order though?
Nooo, let's make stuff that use what loads don't have yet, and [b]hope[/b] ISPs will make their services better afterwards.
And even when this would work, I still don't see what the consumer has to gain from being online at all times.
[QUOTE]Hopefully this development will force internet service providers to shape up and provide cheaper and faster connections.[/QUOTE]
Considering that ISPs are some of the most unreliable service companies around I'm gonna go ahead and say that it'll do jack shit.
[QUOTE=UnMute;40925887]Shouldn't we encourage that the development of internet infrastructure happens in the reverse order though?
Nooo, let's make stuff that use what loads don't have yet, and [b]hope[/b] ISPs will make their services better afterwards.
And even when this would work, I still don't see what the consumer has to gain from being online at all times.[/QUOTE]
ISPs have to see the demand to go further, and right now ISPs do not see enough demand to increase speeds and infrastructure fast enough to keep up with technology.
[QUOTE=Wiggles;40925928]Considering that ISPs are some of the most unreliable service companies around I'm gonna go ahead and say that it'll do jack shit.[/QUOTE]
No, no. It will have a direct impact. Remember the Opec embargo? Imagine those prices, but for data! When suddenly every ISP can't actually remain online from the sheer amount of usage, they'll have to throttle or upgrade. And guess which one they haven't done in years?
[QUOTE=UnMute;40925887]Shouldn't we encourage that the development of internet infrastructure happens in the reverse order though?
Nooo, let's make stuff that use what loads don't have yet, and [b]hope[/b] ISPs will make their services better afterwards.
And even when this would work, I still don't see what the consumer has to gain from being online at all times.[/QUOTE]
It almost never works that way. It's the same idea with 4K resolution TVs, people are asking "well why the fuck are 4K TVs being released now when there's no 4K movies or any 4K content to watch on it". We need one part of the industry to push the other, if it was the other way around people would go "well why do we have 4K content with no 4K TVs to play or watch it on".
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