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....why? This horse has been beaten to a fine pulp, cloud gaming just isn't going to happen.

sergers 3y ago
In Canada, so have had some games for awhile (I was like how is this news... We already got Netflix gaming, then realised US didn't have it). The games are fairly simplistic, I dunno if it's limitation, initial scope, but Netflix version of "cloud gaming" so far is not trying to replace console/PC/handheld gaming at all. Really it's just some minigames that don't require install for the most part.
- pests 3y ago
  I think this might be different. I've seen those mini games too and have been seeing those since after their interactive content started when Bandersnatch released.
- PawgerZ 3y ago
  I believe this is something different they're rolling out. I (American) have the minigames, too.
speedylight 3y ago
GeForce NOW is really good when paired with a solid internet connection. Playing Cyberpunk on a MacBook Pro is awesome.
- tibbydudeza 3y ago
  It is costly - you need to host a NVidia GPU cluster close to the clients - for the games Netflix and it's target audience they are aiming at mobile like casual games like Angry Birds or Oxygen and definitely not Starfield or Cyberpunk 2077
segmondy 3y ago
I suspect they are trying to do for gaming what they did for videos. Saying it's not going to happen is like saying video streaming just isn't going to happen. The tech was far behind but it caught up.
- dartos 3y ago
  There are physical limits in play here in terms of latency that video does not need to deal with. Playing many video games requires very low latency, which will be impossible to guarantee everywhere.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    A common problem in networked video games, doesn't mean it doesn't get sorted out eventually. "1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond" https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/1500-archers-on-a-28-8-network-programming-in-age-of-empires-and-beyond https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/1500-archers-on-a-...
    - nitwit005 3y ago
      There are some games that will be fine, but you'd need a way around the speed of light to fully eliminate the latency issues.
    - minetest2048 3y ago
      Networked games can do client side prediction and make basic interactions such as panning camera and selecting menu feel interactive and nice, even under severe lag. For cloud games by definition you can't do that, as soon as you try to do client side prediction might as well you run the whole game client side. Does this matter? Depends on the game and the player
- nitwit005 3y ago
  If you can stream video, you can stream game video. This has been possible for well over a decade. Several of the most prominent tech companies in the world have already tried this business idea, and fallen on their faces.
smolyeet 3y ago
It already is. And it’s actually pretty good. It’s not there for multiplayer (least to me) but single player games are absolutely fine now. Xcloud is pretty good and people say GeForce now is even better.
pjmlp 3y ago
It is doing alright on XBox. Stadia would have worked out if it wasn't Google with their tradition to kill products, and thinking developers would trust such a company to rewrite their Windows/DirectX games into GNU/Linux / Vulkan. One of the last actions to try to rescue Stadia was to finally accept game development starts on Windows.

In Canada, so have had some games for awhile (I was like how is this news... We already got Netflix gaming, then realised US didn't have it). The games are fairly simplistic, I dunno if it's limitation, initial scope, but Netflix version of "cloud gaming" so far is not trying to replace console/PC/handheld gaming at all. Really it's just some minigames that don't require install for the most part.

pests 3y ago
I think this might be different. I've seen those mini games too and have been seeing those since after their interactive content started when Bandersnatch released.
PawgerZ 3y ago
I believe this is something different they're rolling out. I (American) have the minigames, too.

speedylight 3y ago

GeForce NOW is really good when paired with a solid internet connection. Playing Cyberpunk on a MacBook Pro is awesome.

tibbydudeza 3y ago
It is costly - you need to host a NVidia GPU cluster close to the clients - for the games Netflix and it's target audience they are aiming at mobile like casual games like Angry Birds or Oxygen and definitely not Starfield or Cyberpunk 2077

segmondy 3y ago

I suspect they are trying to do for gaming what they did for videos. Saying it's not going to happen is like saying video streaming just isn't going to happen. The tech was far behind but it caught up.

dartos 3y ago
There are physical limits in play here in terms of latency that video does not need to deal with. Playing many video games requires very low latency, which will be impossible to guarantee everywhere.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  A common problem in networked video games, doesn't mean it doesn't get sorted out eventually. "1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond" https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/1500-archers-on-a-28-8-network-programming-in-age-of-empires-and-beyond https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/1500-archers-on-a-...
  - nitwit005 3y ago
    There are some games that will be fine, but you'd need a way around the speed of light to fully eliminate the latency issues.
  - minetest2048 3y ago
    Networked games can do client side prediction and make basic interactions such as panning camera and selecting menu feel interactive and nice, even under severe lag. For cloud games by definition you can't do that, as soon as you try to do client side prediction might as well you run the whole game client side. Does this matter? Depends on the game and the player
nitwit005 3y ago
If you can stream video, you can stream game video. This has been possible for well over a decade. Several of the most prominent tech companies in the world have already tried this business idea, and fallen on their faces.

smolyeet 3y ago

It already is. And it’s actually pretty good. It’s not there for multiplayer (least to me) but single player games are absolutely fine now. Xcloud is pretty good and people say GeForce now is even better.

pjmlp 3y ago

It is doing alright on XBox. Stadia would have worked out if it wasn't Google with their tradition to kill products, and thinking developers would trust such a company to rewrite their Windows/DirectX games into GNU/Linux / Vulkan. One of the last actions to try to rescue Stadia was to finally accept game development starts on Windows.