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I don't think that is true. Gaming on thin laptops would definitely interest a lot of people.

by rrishi 7y ago

paines 7y ago
This!
AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
....why? I never really understood this obsession with laptops people seem to have. Do you really need to game from a coffee shop?
- monocasa 7y ago
  Airplanes and classic lan parties.
  - lmm 7y ago
    Gaming on an aeroplane is great, but that's a case where gaming-as-a-service is never going to work for obvious reasons. LAN parties are great, but you don't need super-portable if you're packing for an all-day/overnight trip anyway. A computer that fits in a duffel bag is fine, and plenty of "luggable" gaming laptops qualify.
    - mrep 7y ago
      > Gaming on an aeroplane is great, but that's a case where gaming-as-a-service is never going to work for obvious reasons. With current geo-synchronous satellites, correct. With the upcoming low earth orbit internet satellite constellations of which there are at least 3 announced and the spacex starlink constellation is literally launching their first batch of 60 satellites this week, this should be doable.
      - lmm 7y ago
        The new generation does indeed solve the latency problem, but will they have the bandwidth for gaming-as-a-service?
  - mrep 7y ago
    And people on phones/laptops while riding in cars/public transportation.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
    The whole point of a LAN party is to remove the internet and its associated issues from the network multiplayer equation. Streamed gaming from the cloud does the opposite.
- freewilly1040 7y ago
  I don’t need to game from a coffee shop, but I only have one personal computer and am not interested enough in gaming to get a machine dedicated to just that
lmm 7y ago
Sure, but hardware is always getting better; reaching the point where we can build a thin laptop that's up to gaming is easier than online-based gaming. Frankly, the laptops we have today should already be up to whatever it is we want to do with them.
- rrishi 7y ago
  For me personally, that works too. If the price points are comparable then I would prefer an offline experience for single player games at least. However, for multi-player games I could imagine some optimizations that could be happening in the cloud giving them an advantage.

I don't think that is true. Gaming on thin laptops would definitely interest a lot of people.

by rrishi 7y ago

I don't think that is true. Gaming on thin laptops would definitely interest a lot of people.

paines 7y ago

This!

AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago

....why? I never really understood this obsession with laptops people seem to have. Do you really need to game from a coffee shop?

monocasa 7y ago
Airplanes and classic lan parties.
- lmm 7y ago
  Gaming on an aeroplane is great, but that's a case where gaming-as-a-service is never going to work for obvious reasons. LAN parties are great, but you don't need super-portable if you're packing for an all-day/overnight trip anyway. A computer that fits in a duffel bag is fine, and plenty of "luggable" gaming laptops qualify.
  - mrep 7y ago
    > Gaming on an aeroplane is great, but that's a case where gaming-as-a-service is never going to work for obvious reasons. With current geo-synchronous satellites, correct. With the upcoming low earth orbit internet satellite constellations of which there are at least 3 announced and the spacex starlink constellation is literally launching their first batch of 60 satellites this week, this should be doable.
    - lmm 7y ago
      The new generation does indeed solve the latency problem, but will they have the bandwidth for gaming-as-a-service?
- mrep 7y ago
  And people on phones/laptops while riding in cars/public transportation.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
  The whole point of a LAN party is to remove the internet and its associated issues from the network multiplayer equation. Streamed gaming from the cloud does the opposite.
freewilly1040 7y ago
I don’t need to game from a coffee shop, but I only have one personal computer and am not interested enough in gaming to get a machine dedicated to just that

lmm 7y ago

Sure, but hardware is always getting better; reaching the point where we can build a thin laptop that's up to gaming is easier than online-based gaming. Frankly, the laptops we have today should already be up to whatever it is we want to do with them.

rrishi 7y ago
For me personally, that works too. If the price points are comparable then I would prefer an offline experience for single player games at least. However, for multi-player games I could imagine some optimizations that could be happening in the cloud giving them an advantage.