Google Stadia May Not Be Long for This World

Re:Google Stadia May Not Be Long for This World by PhilippGille on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:15PM (#30226149)

> My dream is to pay $5 a month to play my existing games on a decent computer without having to buy one.

It's more than $5, but what you're looking for ("cloud" gaming PC without walled garden) exists. You can rent a VM with GPU, for example from Paperspace [1], and install a remote desktop app that optimizes for latency, for example Parsec [2].

In the past there was the french company Shadow [3] that offered gaming-ready Windows VMs, but they filed for bancruptcy in 2021, not sure about their current status.

Not affiliated with them, but I tried both (Shadow before their bancruptcy, Paperspace+Parsec maybe a year ago) and both worked okay. A bit too much latency for my taste so I stopped using it, but with better connection speed and lower distance to the data center it might be acceptable.

[1] https://www.paperspace.com/

[2] https://parsec.app/

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow.tech

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Re:Google Stadia May Not Be Long for This World by BarbaPeru on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:09AM (#30231055)

I really like the idea of using my huge steam and gog game libraries, but 0.45/h for the lowest configuration is way too expensive. I use stadia, bought some games, play a lot (hundreds of hours) and I like it, simply I'll not buy more games. I like the service, not expensive at all and ideal for my not competitive game habits. I will not be happy if the service will die.

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