Last night I fired up the game streaming feature (going from my Xbox One to my Windows 10 PC) for the first time. My wife was watching TV in the living room on the XBO and I wanted to play Killer Instinct. As I began playing she came in grumbling that I stopped her TV show. I now realize of course that you can't stream and locally use the XBO at the same time. Which makes me ask the question - what's the point?
I'm not being facetious - I'm actually wondering if anybody has ideas on how this is intended to be used that I'm maybe not considering. If nobody else can be using the Xbox while I'm in my office streaming a game to my PC, why wouldn't I just sit in the living room and use the Xbox locally to begin with?
Another consideration in my case is that because I watch TV through my Xbox, my console is set to boot up my whole living room TV and sound setup - so I would have to get up and turn all that off in the living room anyway each time I stream, unless I want to waste that power or have the TV blasting with nobody using it.
The only situation I can think that of is the joke about streaming to a tablet while I'm in the bathroom. Is that really the only application for this feature? Does anyone have an alternate setup in which they're finding this to be a major benefit? I'd like to hear what people think.
I'm not being facetious - I'm actually wondering if anybody has ideas on how this is intended to be used that I'm maybe not considering. If nobody else can be using the Xbox while I'm in my office streaming a game to my PC, why wouldn't I just sit in the living room and use the Xbox locally to begin with?
Another consideration in my case is that because I watch TV through my Xbox, my console is set to boot up my whole living room TV and sound setup - so I would have to get up and turn all that off in the living room anyway each time I stream, unless I want to waste that power or have the TV blasting with nobody using it.
The only situation I can think that of is the joke about streaming to a tablet while I'm in the bathroom. Is that really the only application for this feature? Does anyone have an alternate setup in which they're finding this to be a major benefit? I'd like to hear what people think.