How's your internet connection? I'm playing on a RTX3080 thanks to geforce now, but I admit it's only possible due to my living in a big city with a very low ping connection to nvidias data centres.
But the economics make total sense. It's like 15/euro a month. A RTX 3080 would cost me like 1200 euro to buy at the moment, without the rest of the PC to go with it. And I'd need to run windows, which I've not done since '98.
Outsourcing hardware it seems, does work for gaming, if you've got the 'net for it, :}
What I don't like about this model is that you are not allowed to run whatever you want, you can't even run all your library from Steam or Epic but select games only.
And cyberpunk 2077 or farcry 6 on full on ultra settings makes me almost want to cry it's so pretty. I'll walk past a puddle and just... walk back and forward. It feels like what your teenage overclock made crysis look look like in the early 2000's, I can recommend.
As someone who hasn't really gamed since Crysis, looking at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rYjHuZsM0, I have to say I feel.... not impressed at all? Maybe that video is a poor example, but the plants for instance look absolutely awful, especially up close.
The core gameplay mechanics of Far Cry have not changed significantly since Crysis, either. (Okay, more accurately since Far Cry 3- released a decade ago- or so.)
As far as a mercenary safari goes, Far Cry 2 still rules supreme in my book with its minimalist UI and serious tone, and could really use a modern remaster.
Fortunately it's gotten better. I didn't play it much during the first months as it was such a terrible shitshow of bugs. Seems they're getting ontop of it now though. I feel deeply sorry for the devs that they made them release it in such a condition. We've all been there I guess!
100% this: cloud gaming tech is solid but the business model is still in infancy. By the time Apple caught up in gaming I expect cloud gaming will have taken root.
I mean I kinda agree with you, but for 15 bucks a month is it really such a big deal? If the service went away tomorrow I wouldn't really care at all... I enjoy it, and it enables me to game on a level that would normally require thousands of euros of equipment, so .... Yeah, I don't care about gaming freedom it seems.. I still want OSS for my OS though ;)
You do own them in GeForce Now, not sure in Stadia/Luna. You're renting the gaming PC, but you can install those Steam games on whatever machine you choose. Though perhaps Steam is the GAAS.
But the economics make total sense. It's like 15/euro a month. A RTX 3080 would cost me like 1200 euro to buy at the moment, without the rest of the PC to go with it. And I'd need to run windows, which I've not done since '98.
Outsourcing hardware it seems, does work for gaming, if you've got the 'net for it, :}