There are some upsides I suppose, like no 80GB downloads and it should eliminate avenues for cheating, given you don't have access to the hardware - but then that brings a negative with it - one of the upsides of PC gaming is the ability to mod, so no modding your games here.
No mention of pricing, and that is going to be what makes or breaks it (well that and lag and reliability). If publishers are still expecting £50-60 + season passes just for permission to stream a new release then they can suck the sweat off ancient donkey balls. An all you can eat Game Pass like £8 a month and maybe it'll be more enticing. Maybe they can supplement the costs by having ad breaks mid game, just like on YouTube.
It's going to be an absolutely massive DDoS target.
Just seen the Digital Foundry vid on this, input latency is about double streaming compared to a 60 fps local PC.
No mention of pricing, and that is going to be what makes or breaks it (well that and lag and reliability). If publishers are still expecting £50-60 + season passes just for permission to stream a new release then they can suck the sweat off ancient donkey balls. An all you can eat Game Pass like £8 a month and maybe it'll be more enticing. Maybe they can supplement the costs by having ad breaks mid game, just like on YouTube.
It's going to be an absolutely massive DDoS target.
Just seen the Digital Foundry vid on this, input latency is about double streaming compared to a 60 fps local PC.
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