People are blaming GTAV, but is something more going on?
    • echoplex21@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah that’s pretty wild. Guess these will be the hiccups before Cloud Gaming really becomes mainstream.

      The input lag alone is a dealbreaker for me. After I bought my handheld I’ve stopped using it all together

      • XLRV@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Honestly I hope that game streaming doesn’t become mainstream ever, it could mean the end of traditional game ownership. And I think that input lag will always be a thing even with better network speed.

        What handheld have you got?

        • all-knight-party@fedia.io
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          1 year ago

          Traditional game ownership already ended once after the popularization of digital downloads, but you’re right, it could end all over again in an even more dire way if cloud gaming gets popularized as well.

  • johnebs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Having a queue to play a single player game is more and more common each year. Most recently with Diablo 4 DRM. 😪

    As for Game Pass having a longer queue might be a good thing for the future of Game Pass in general. More people using the service. 🤔 maybe…

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Other situations:

      • You’re on a mobile device, with a controller
      • You’re on a Steam Deck and wanted to play a Game Pass game
      • You heard of a cool game but you don’t want to download its 80 GB when you don’t know if you’ll like it
      • You want to complete a game pass quest, which means playing a game for 30 minutes then uninstalling it
        • NinjaYeti76@mastodon.social
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          1 year ago

          @Colorcodedresistor @Katana314 I agree with you. I tried streaming games using Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Network and it was all very laggy and sub par. If streaming games were the only way I could play games I would rather just go touch grass. I have and will most certainly build a PC just to play one game because I love video games and I will not settle for less.

        • habanhero@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          cloud gaming is not the ideal solution for ‘access’ for those that would have to otherwise wait.

          It is very ideal and is perfect for those scenarios…

          anectodal but when crysis dropped in 07. it was what spurred me to save and build a PC in 2011 just to play Crysis, finally, at max settings the way it was properly meant to be enjoyed.

          Now this is not a scenario for regular people. Nobody I know would drop cash on a new PC just to play a single game at max settings. Most people are just content that games work at a decent enough setting on the devices / console they have and that is what Game Pass offers.

          Comparing Game Pass to watching movies in 240p is a false analogy. Most games on Game Pass run just fine, especially for the devices people play it on.