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>> It's called "The Cloud". > And it's shit. Perhaps the answer is "the cloud" but not the way you see it now. We're at the point where streaming games runnin
by slantyyz 8y ago
>> It's called "The Cloud".
> And it's shit.
Perhaps the answer is "the cloud" but not the way you see it now. We're at the point where streaming games running on a remote server is actually a thing (it's still not great, but it's a start).
If bandwidth gets fast enough, maybe the future is you running desktop apps using a super fast remote desktop that's in the cloud, and not the overglorified web apps that we currently think of as "the cloud".
- falcolas 8y ago> We're at the point where streaming games running on a remote server is actually a thing (it's still not great, but it's a start). Only if you live near their datacenters and have exceptional bandwidth and pings - a real problem when the major ISPs consider 150ms+ pings and kb/s internet speeds to be "fast enough" for their customers. You also have to give up a lot of "rights" to play those games - all of your "first sale" doctrines, backing up saves, the ability to play offline, and so forth. It might be a start for some, but it's a non-starter for so many more.