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Is cloud gaming viable? Myth vs reality

CiiNOW's Chris Donahue, a 25-year game industry veterans, argues that it is viable in the opinion piece for GamesBeat.

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LOGICWINS4147d ago

I don't really understand who this is meant for. People with slow internet connections obviously can't take advantage of this. On the other hand, people with fast internet connections such as myself don't need to use cloud since every download is blazing fast.

jujubee884147d ago

Oh, btw, I sent you a PM.

:)

deantak4147d ago

multiple gigabyte downloads aren't exactly blazing fast. particularly if you want to get something the second it launches and there is a logjam. i suppose the cloud version could have a logjam too, but it's a different kind of data streaming happening there.

chasegarcia4147d ago (Edited 4147d ago )

the idea is if you have fiber speeds you can play graphic intensive games on any device. Like running Crysis on a weak laptop, hdtv, or tablet for example.

Another good reason to use is if your device does not support the game. Like using linux to play a windows game.

LOGICWINS4147d ago

Its a nice option, but I don't see it being practical. Why would I want to play these games on my weak laptop? And if I play these games on my buttonless smartphone, won't rhe battery run out in half an hour or something?

aquamala4147d ago

the point of cloud gaming is that you can start playing games in seconds, like watching movies in Netflix , even your "blazing fast" internet connection takes hours to download a 10GB game.

and your "weak" laptop is perfectly fine for cloud gaming, all the processing are done on the cloud, all your local machine does is send your commands (like button presses) and display data from the cloud server. the local machine doesn't need to be powerful at all, something like a Roku player will do.

LOGICWINS4147d ago

You must have really slow Internet. I downloaded Infamous 2, a 15GB game, in 42 minutes. And I have a 500GB hardrive so I don't have to worry about running out of space.

LOGICWINS4147d ago (Edited 4147d ago )

Yes, I understand that the local machine I'm using doesn't need to be powerful at all...its just that I have NO true desire to play these games on buttonless tablets/smartphones. Even if Sony found a way for you to use the DS3 with these machines, why would I want to carry around a DS3 everywhere I go? Its not practical.

The only way for it to be practical is for PS3/Vita use.

Also, you will need an expensive data plan if you want to access your cloud games everywhere you go on Vita(bus, train, long car rides etc.)

And even then you'll likely have to deal with cases of lag, frame rate hiccups, and getting kicked off the server due to connection issues. The cons outweigh the pros with cloud gaming. Cloud storage is great though.

tigertron4147d ago (Edited 4147d ago )

@ LOGICWINS

I have really slow internet. It took me 5 hours to download Mass Effect.

Unfortunately in my town, our internet speeds average 7 Mbps. In fact, the UK has a whole has crap internet speeds. That's why I don't think cloud gaming will become a proper mainstream alternative for quite a few years, not until internet speeds improve and governments start investing in better infrastructure like fibre optic broadband.

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SybaRat4147d ago

Useful? Absolutely. Profitable? Aye, there's the rub....

wita4147d ago

Cool article! I could sure do without so many system/game updates/downloads. It's such a pain.

Sadie21004147d ago

He picked the worst example possible: Trying to compare cloud gaming to updating games on the PS3. Of course the PS3 is going to offer a bad experience on that front.

Rai4147d ago

If your a PSN PLUS member the ps3 will update any game you've recently played. True that games you haven't played in awhile won't be updated but I prefer to sit and wait for the update rather than stream a game.

There are other problems other than latency, the biggest disadvantage is that internet connections isn't always stable. We can have the fastest connection in the world but if its not stable it means nothing.

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Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, & doesn't change much at all

We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

isarai9h ago

Wow what the actual hell 🤣🤣🤣

just_looken8h ago

This is why you get the GOG version on gog you can select the version of the game to download.

On pc fallout 4 fallout new vegas and skyrim are all broken on steam because they all got the same "next gen" update.

Skyrim dec 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/sky...

Can not find new vegas but anyone that modded it knows the script extender there was also broken

Valkyrye7h ago

Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.

just_looken5h ago

There doing the same on starfield with a mods store and blocking mods

There goal is like blizzard and what they did with fallout 76 you make mods they can sell and you become a slave.

On skyrim they have "trusted" mod devs now basically a badge that lets your mod on the store you get a crumb of the sale when someone buys it.

Inverno3h ago

lol to the disagrees, the last Skyrim update broke mods too. They've been trying to kill mods to monetize them in creation club for years, it's not a stretch that they purposely put out patches just to break free mods.

porkChop2h ago

The disagrees are from people who have common sense. They aren't trying to kill mods. Most mods for any game will break with a new update because they rely on files/code that have been changed. This isn't new. Even with Bethesda this would happen way before the creation club. Mod support is literally one of the things that got Bethesda to where they are, and they're one of the only devs that releases comprehensive mod tools for each of their games.

Chocoburger3h ago

Over 14 GBs and doesn't change much at all? What? Taking up that much drive space for a pathetic 'remastering' is shameful.

Par for Bethesda.

Aussiesummer2h ago

It's not a remaster, it's a next gen update.

badz1491h ago

LOL people are actually expecting massive improvements or something? From Bethesda?? the same people who released Skyrim multiple times and the all look like shit? THAT Bethesda? are people for real?

Profchaos1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

The ps5 version doesn't change a ton but from my small playtime it's enough to make me want to replay it just to have it running at 60.

A side note to this my PS4 version no longer boots after it's "update" so I guess that's what it feels like to own a Bethesda game on PC

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Why Monopolies In Gaming Must Not Be Allowed

As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.

thorstein7h ago

Shouldn't be allowed in any field.

Inverno4h ago

And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.

jwillj2k42h ago

Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.

MrCrimson2h ago

tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.

Zenzuu3h ago

Monopolies shouldn't be allowed regardless. Not just for gaming.

MrCrimson2h ago

They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -

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Gears of War Voice Actor Hints At New Game Announcement Coming In June

A voice actor from The Coalition's third-person shooter series, Gears of War, has hinted at a new game announcement coming in June.

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Ra30302h ago

Hopefully Microsoft will go back to the original story line and get away from that woke nonsense from the last Gears game Gears of Woke! But were talking about Microsoft so all the betting money is on more of the same woke nonsense.

Sciurus_vulgaris1h ago

The Locust trilogy concluded with Gears of War 3. I don’t get how Gears 4 and 5 are “woke” .