the only thing i could think of is if your current PC couldnt handle the spec requirements for a game, however you gotta take that big ol dick latency right in the pooter which if you love the game youll just buy to have a good experience. But is that the strat? tease games until you buy? or is games as service a forever alpha ride. like 7days and the like.
everything you just described sounds like gamer hell and cloud gaming is not the ideal solution for ‘access’ for those that would have to otherwise wait.
anectodal but when crysis dropped in 07. it was what spurred me to save and build a PC in 2011 just to play Crysis, finally, at max settings the way it was properly meant to be enjoyed. You dont watch Saving Private Ryan with Low textures or in 240p if you want to enjoy it…if you want to just unemotionally approach gaming? cloud gaming is the way.
To many people, anything other than 240hz monitors running on an overclocked quad GTX 4080 is “not ideal”.
It’s an option for convenience in a world where many people have less than ideal circumstances, not a totalitarian push for cloud control. XCloud was only ever advertised as an extra feature, not some prime method of game delivery.
@Colorcodedresistor@Katana314 I agree with you. I tried streaming games using Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Network and it was all very laggy and sub par. If streaming games were the only way I could play games I would rather just go touch grass. I have and will most certainly build a PC just to play one game because I love video games and I will not settle for less.
cloud gaming is not the ideal solution for ‘access’ for those that would have to otherwise wait.
It is very ideal and is perfect for those scenarios…
anectodal but when crysis dropped in 07. it was what spurred me to save and build a PC in 2011 just to play Crysis, finally, at max settings the way it was properly meant to be enjoyed.
Now this is not a scenario for regular people. Nobody I know would drop cash on a new PC just to play a single game at max settings. Most people are just content that games work at a decent enough setting on the devices / console they have and that is what Game Pass offers.
Comparing Game Pass to watching movies in 240p is a false analogy. Most games on Game Pass run just fine, especially for the devices people play it on.
the only thing i could think of is if your current PC couldnt handle the spec requirements for a game, however you gotta take that big ol dick latency right in the pooter which if you love the game youll just buy to have a good experience. But is that the strat? tease games until you buy? or is games as service a forever alpha ride. like 7days and the like.
Other situations:
everything you just described sounds like gamer hell and cloud gaming is not the ideal solution for ‘access’ for those that would have to otherwise wait.
anectodal but when crysis dropped in 07. it was what spurred me to save and build a PC in 2011 just to play Crysis, finally, at max settings the way it was properly meant to be enjoyed. You dont watch Saving Private Ryan with Low textures or in 240p if you want to enjoy it…if you want to just unemotionally approach gaming? cloud gaming is the way.
Being able to quickly try out a game before downloading the honking thing is gamer hell?
I mean…yes. It is “not ideal”.
To many people, anything other than 240hz monitors running on an overclocked quad GTX 4080 is “not ideal”.
It’s an option for convenience in a world where many people have less than ideal circumstances, not a totalitarian push for cloud control. XCloud was only ever advertised as an extra feature, not some prime method of game delivery.
@Colorcodedresistor @Katana314 I agree with you. I tried streaming games using Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Network and it was all very laggy and sub par. If streaming games were the only way I could play games I would rather just go touch grass. I have and will most certainly build a PC just to play one game because I love video games and I will not settle for less.
It is very ideal and is perfect for those scenarios…
Now this is not a scenario for regular people. Nobody I know would drop cash on a new PC just to play a single game at max settings. Most people are just content that games work at a decent enough setting on the devices / console they have and that is what Game Pass offers.
Comparing Game Pass to watching movies in 240p is a false analogy. Most games on Game Pass run just fine, especially for the devices people play it on.
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