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xyst 2 hours ago

Have you even tried "cloud gaming"? It’s useless for any game that is latency sensitive (fps, moba, …).

I have only had success with single player games.

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vuurmot 2 hours ago | parent [-]

If revenues are going to suffer because of this, that is the way the industry will move towards

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wincy 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But nobody will play it? Steam exists and all those games get pirated. You can’t force gamers to buy duds. I have a gigabit connection wired and found a cloud version of Control to be totally unplayable.

	▲	vuurmot 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It is in the realm of design to make games playable within the context of their technological limits. In this case, I could see games moving towards being turn-based i.e. online chess.
	▲	greenavocado 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The gaming industry as you know it is dead. The only survivors will be the prolific sloppers who can outslop the hoi polloi.

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xyst 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Revenues suffer because game studios and publishers make awful decisions. See the botched releases of Marathon (Bungie) and the more infamous examples — concord and split gate.