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Flawed game ownership model. I own a 2013 MBP. I reached the limit of dual booting a while ago, but still wanted to play new games without buying a new compute
by clintonb 4y ago
Flawed game ownership model.
I own a 2013 MBP. I reached the limit of dual booting a while ago, but still wanted to play new games without buying a new computer.
I subscribed to PlayStation Now, and got to play Spider-man for $12 per month and the cost of a controller. I knew going in that, like Netflix, I didn’t own the content and it might disappear.
I had a similar experience with Amazon’s service, where I played Watchdogs Legion for a few weeks. I used the PS4 controller.
I’ve been subscribed to Nvidia GeForce for sometime. I pay $4 per month (yay for legacy pricing) to have a high end machine for my casual gaming. My game selection is limited, but I own what I play. If I choose to build/buy a gaming PC, I’ll have games.
Stadia was flawed because I had to buy a new controller that was locked to Stadia, but games that are locked to Stadia, and subscribe to Stadia. That’s a lot of commitment just to _try_ a service. The idea of locking my game purchases to a single service was never going to fly for me.
Stadia could have been more successful if they adopted the models of Nvidia or Amazon, and just rented a machine in the cloud. The special controller can help decrease latency, but isn’t required.