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Eh cloud gaming's a bit of a hard sell...it's targeted at the cash strapped...don't have 2k for a gaming rig? Here spend 240 a year on a subscription... but you
by gtvwill 2y ago
Eh cloud gaming's a bit of a hard sell...it's targeted at the cash strapped...don't have 2k for a gaming rig? Here spend 240 a year on a subscription... but you also need a 100+ buck a month internet connection... and some expensive hardware to utilize it.
Which is way more dough than a cash strapped players got. That's the kinda service for rich kids. Especially when you could just buy a used Xbox or Playstation in the current gen for a few hundred and a lower tier internet connection. Once it's saved and paid for its not a monthly drain like these subscription services...which if your tight on money a few months of the year because say work is sporadic and your low income can be a nightmare.
Inherently broken product/price platform. There's a reason it doesn't take off at the pace they expected to. It's marketed to poor kids but it's priced for the rich.
If your rich enough to afford game streaming and all the baggage it requires you just buy a gaming pc or console outright anyways. Folks like owning things, game streaming you own nothing and pay forever. Lose lose proposition.
- prmoustache 2y agoIt depends what kind of gamer you are. I don't play games for months preferring outdoor activities but during 5 to 9 weeks a year where daylight is short I am binge gaming. For that, geforce now as well as cloud desktop + parsec have been great and inexpensive solutions for me. The only reason I upgraded my old gaming computer is the lack of steering wheel force feedback support as I want to go back to simracing.