I don't disagree completely. A certain subset of gamers (the hardware enthusiasts, pros) will NEVER use something like this. But certainly over wired LAN it do

I don't disagree completely. A certain subset of gamers (the hardware enthusiasts, pros) will NEVER use something like this. But certainly over wired LAN it does offer near native performance for most games, past the threshold where many gamers would even be aware they were playing remotely. The real questions are: how good will the internet get, and how quickly will it get there?