- Joined
- Thursday September 26, 2013
- Location
- Halifax, Republic of Yorkshire
Who plays games via cloud services?
Quick backstory ...
I have a PS4. No PC to speak of other than a 10+ year old laptop that could never be called a gaming PC and an iMac from 2009 which is nowhere near capable of gaming today. The PS4 is really at the end of its life and capabilities .... and buying a PS5 is very problematic.
Yes, I've used what was PS Now on the Playstation and that was pretty good.
I've been using cloud gaming services for a while now, starting with GeForce NOW which allowed me to sync my Steam collection initially and I was so impressed, I bought a number of games through Steam that were compatible with the GeForce NOW service and made used of RTX rendering. What I particularly like is just pumping the graphical quality right up and enjoying games as they were intended. Cyberpunk 2077, for example, is an absolutel bust on a regular PS4 and even the Pro is stretched. Streamed, it's a joy to play! I revisited Google Stadia the other week and have been playing some games on that platform. Like GeForce NOW, I am amazed at just how console-quality (and beyond) the games play with almost no perceptible latency and often play better than last gen console as there's no lag on the disk ... so games like Far Cry 5 or 6 or Ghost Recon Breakpoint (or even Wildlands) that suffer laggy loading and prone to drop-ins on the console run smooth as butter when streamed.
Very impressed on paper with Microsoft's new Game Pass Ultimate service ...
... but I don't have an Xbox (although might buy a Series X given I can actually find one to buy whereas I simply can't with a PS5) and so the service is somewhat limited to the cloud gaming element. Nevertheless, I triggered the £1 first month the other day and have pretty much tried out all I want to from the 100 or so games on the cloud platform. Okay, okay, it's still in beta but come on Microsoft! It's pants! Blurry, laggy and to my eyes, pre-last gen console feel to the graphics. I am not impressed. Sure, if I had (say) an Xbox Series X I would make a lot more of the subscription but that puts me back to buying a next gen console and running on-prem where I really am finding much more benefit to accessing hardware as a service and streaming games.
I love the simplicity of firing up the relevant service webpage on my iPhone and Airplaying to my TV or Chromecasting from my Chromebook.
What experiences have you guys had? What services do you use?
Anyone tried Amazon Luna yet? It's US only to date ...
Quick backstory ...
I have a PS4. No PC to speak of other than a 10+ year old laptop that could never be called a gaming PC and an iMac from 2009 which is nowhere near capable of gaming today. The PS4 is really at the end of its life and capabilities .... and buying a PS5 is very problematic.
Yes, I've used what was PS Now on the Playstation and that was pretty good.
I've been using cloud gaming services for a while now, starting with GeForce NOW which allowed me to sync my Steam collection initially and I was so impressed, I bought a number of games through Steam that were compatible with the GeForce NOW service and made used of RTX rendering. What I particularly like is just pumping the graphical quality right up and enjoying games as they were intended. Cyberpunk 2077, for example, is an absolutel bust on a regular PS4 and even the Pro is stretched. Streamed, it's a joy to play! I revisited Google Stadia the other week and have been playing some games on that platform. Like GeForce NOW, I am amazed at just how console-quality (and beyond) the games play with almost no perceptible latency and often play better than last gen console as there's no lag on the disk ... so games like Far Cry 5 or 6 or Ghost Recon Breakpoint (or even Wildlands) that suffer laggy loading and prone to drop-ins on the console run smooth as butter when streamed.
Very impressed on paper with Microsoft's new Game Pass Ultimate service ...
... but I don't have an Xbox (although might buy a Series X given I can actually find one to buy whereas I simply can't with a PS5) and so the service is somewhat limited to the cloud gaming element. Nevertheless, I triggered the £1 first month the other day and have pretty much tried out all I want to from the 100 or so games on the cloud platform. Okay, okay, it's still in beta but come on Microsoft! It's pants! Blurry, laggy and to my eyes, pre-last gen console feel to the graphics. I am not impressed. Sure, if I had (say) an Xbox Series X I would make a lot more of the subscription but that puts me back to buying a next gen console and running on-prem where I really am finding much more benefit to accessing hardware as a service and streaming games.
I love the simplicity of firing up the relevant service webpage on my iPhone and Airplaying to my TV or Chromecasting from my Chromebook.
What experiences have you guys had? What services do you use?
Anyone tried Amazon Luna yet? It's US only to date ...