Microsoft's next-generation Xbox pitched as a "cloud hybrid" console

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They claimed the Xbox One (the original last gen model) would be decades ahead of any other competitors because games would be, wait for it, cloud hybrid. Some things would render locally, but Microsoft servers would calculate complex collisions, volumetrics, crowd AI, and so on.
Guess what never happened.
- Because people complained about the connectivity requirements. Unfortunately I don't think we are there still, infrastructure for a lot of areas will not support this.
  
  I think the deal breaker was Gamestop fighting MS on their decision to allow users to sell their cloud games back for credit.

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