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Re:Ask HN: It's 2023, how do you choose between MySQL and Postgres? on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:29PM (#35908635)

just pick MySQL. If you want 100 half-baked non-production-ready features pick Postgres.

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA di... on Monday May 01, 2023 @01:50PM (#35776518)

yet you come with the Ad hominem

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA di... on Monday May 01, 2023 @01:49PM (#35776507)

include AV1 encode hardware in ps6. You get credits when you let someone nearby use your device to stream from. You spend credits when you stream.

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA di... on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:23AM (#35773178)

This isn't correct. They use global numbers not UK numbers.

> In relation to cloud gaming services, we found that Microsoft already has a strong position. It owns a popular gaming platform (Xbox and a large portfolio of games), the leading PC operating system (Windows), and a global cloud computing infrastructure (Azure and Xbox Cloud Gaming), giving it important advantages in running a cloud gaming service. With an estimated 60-70% market share in global cloud gaming services, it is already much stronger than its rivals.

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA di... on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:20AM (#35773132)

Again, please read the report

"With an estimated 60-70% market share in global cloud gaming services, it is already much stronger than its rivals"

GLOBAL.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/644939aa529ed...

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA di... on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:41AM (#35772653)

Total input latency, not network latency. Referring to the issues with cloud gaming by discussing input latency is pretty spurious.

I'm sorry but no, this not correct. XCloud is not available in most markets that Gamepass is present.

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA di... on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:47AM (#35772059)

This information is incorrect though. It suggests that everyone subscribing to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is doing so for cloud gaming, which is obviously nuts.

Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA di... on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:46AM (#35772050)

If you read the report then the CMA comes across terribly. They don't understand basic technical facts. Apparently a competitor to Microsoft told the CMA that they solved latency issues with cloud gaming by increasing GPU power. Someone should alert the nobel prize committee about conquering the speed of light.

They make other bizarre claims like apparently everyone that subscribes to xbox game pass does so for cloud gaming. Cloud gaming isn't even offered in most markets. There is no way people are subscribing to game pass for cloud gaming, its not even good.

Its obvious to anyone with a brain that peer-to-peer is the way forward with game streaming because it solves the latency problems.