People are blaming GTAV, but is something more going on?
    • echoplex21@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      82·
      2 years 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
        12·
        2 years 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?

        • echoplex21@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Logistically I’m really not sure how companies can promise a consistent experience with input lag considering you have to live close to data centers. Unless they’re gonna build them all around the country lol. Their tech for streaming I feel is very inferior from Nvidia and Even Stadia at the time.

          I think for the next at least half decade, it’ll be a supplemental perk to GPU and nothing more. I don’t see it ending traditional game ownership just yet. Unfortunately the way digital purchase has been so widely adopted, we’re already halfway there. The used game market has slowly dwindled over the years.

          I have the ROG Ally and I’m loving it. I’ve always been a console gamer and this finally converted me.

  • johnebs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    2 years 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…

  • Kaleunt17@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 years ago

    I cancelled my Xbox ultimate subscription because of the latest price increase. Eur 12,99 to Eur 14,99. Just no.

    Cheaper to buy the games.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years 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
        • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I mean…yes. It is “not ideal”.

          To many people, anything other than 240hz monitors running on an overclocked quad GTX 4080 is “not ideal”.

          It’s an option for convenience in a world where many people have less than ideal circumstances, not a totalitarian push for cloud control. XCloud was only ever advertised as an extra feature, not some prime method of game delivery.

        • NinjaYeti76@mastodon.social
          1·
          2 years 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.

    • tev@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      as someone who has used xbox cloud gaming before (i have to use cloud gaming cuz my pc is shit), the latency isn’t that bad! i played hi fi rush on it and it felt fine