Re:Luna – Cloud gaming service
by Nullabillity on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:06PM
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Even then, it would still be massively more efficient for the game to just stream in the assets in the background while playing, while still rendering everything locally. WoW, for one, has done that for years.
Or you could just start Steam a few minutes before your monthly 30 minutes I guess. If you have the internet connection required for stable cloud gaming, you won't be spending long waiting for the patches anyway anyway.
Re:Luna – Cloud gaming service
by Bnshsysjab on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:18PM
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You’re missing the point. Most people don’t want to download a video instead of streaming directly, which is a far lower barrier than procuring equipment, dealing with compatibility issues, doing system updates etc. I doubt competitive gamers will ever move across but it hugely reduces the barriers for casual or time poor gamers.
If you only have 30 minutes a month, you’re not the target audience.
It’s also wildly expensive at that point. How much are you paying to game per hour? Much more than going to a movie.
30 minutes is a bit of a trite example but if you only have say less than 10 hours a month the dollars/hour for owning your own your own hardware looks a lot worse than the subscription model.
The 100GB of streamed frames happen while I'm playing so I don't care.
This benefit is for those who value their time highly and want something to 'just work' without having to bother with installing stuff, updating, buying and setting up new hardware every year, etc.
Imagine you only have 30 mins a month to do gaming... Like many busy adults... With a PS4 or PC, you'd spend most of your 30 mins waiting for updates to complete.