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[Sintoid]

I have such a backlog I can play till I die

 

[Cakeboxer]

Nop, i'll rather use my 3TB Batocera machine then.

 

[Ziglax]

Hardware stagnation or decline might actually be what the gaming industry needs, especially on PC where consideration for optimization has been completely non existent for years on AAA games.

 

[Radical_3d]

I'm sick of subscriptions.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

No, I wouldn't even consider it. I've got a decent PC, PS5 Pro, a Switch 2 and a Steam Deck with hundreds of games between them all. If gaming hardware becomes even more expensive in the coming years then I'll continue to just play through my current games. In fact, they would be doing me a massive favour tbh.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Retro game prices will fucking boom if that ever becomes the case. We all ready seeing people pay silly money for 3DS systems.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Not at all. I'll stick with ps5 and switch 2 for twenty fucking years. Developers will just have to adapt to low specs again.

Hell, we'd probably get better games with a ten year spec pause because developers might actually have to learn a thing or two about game design and optimization.

 

[bbeach123]

You talk as if the subscription cost won't go up, and they won't limit your playtime.

 

[Sanepar]

You talk as if the subscription cost won't go up, and they won't limit your playtime.

They already limit your play time, at least geforce now. You pay a 5080 every 24 months for them. It is a stupid model.

 

[Karim]

Like if you could buy PS6 / Xbox Next games and play them on older devices as longs as you have a premium subscription. (you will also have a license for the last generation to play locally)

 

[pudel]

 

[Robb]

 

[Boss Mog]

I have a back log that can easily last me over a decade. I won't let somebody else dictate what and when and if I can play a game.

 

[Onironauta]

In this forum it's cool to shit on cloud gaming, but it's definitely better than running a game on a machine that doesn't match the hardware requirements.

So yes I'd use cloud gaming for some newer demanding games, plus my existing HW for older/lighter ones.

 

[lakitu1982]

I have close to 1Gbps optic fibre, I'm pulling close to 700-800Mbps downloads over WiFi.
Sitting 3 meters from the router I have terrible stutters in GFN after 5 minutes.

I'm no expert, i don't know what your issue is. It's great for me with no stutters and low input latency. Now if i try other streming services it's terrible!

 

[zaga]

No cloud for me. It will take me several decades to exhaust the previous gens and current gen

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Nah, I'll pass. I guess if you absolutely have nothing else, cloud gaming is better than nothing I suppose, but I rather pay for the hardware even if it's expensive or go retro over cloud gaming every time.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I'm no expert, i don't know what your issue is. It's great for me with no stutters and low input latency. Now if i try other streming services it's terrible!

I suspect there is probably some bullshit 5Ghz interference or something, but here's the deal - it shouldn't matter when I am getting the speeds I have, GFN required bandwidth is a fraction of that.
Another argument is this - instant resume. I game exclusively on the Steam Deck, and I'm back in the game in 2-3 seconds. It's a couple of minutes to start GFN app, select the game, get through the start menus. If you play just a few minutes at a time it adds up very quickly.

 

[kikonawa]

Never. The cloud wont stay at the same price either

 

[Braag]

Absofuckinglutely not. It's not for me.

 

[Draugoth]

I would move out of this hobby.

Cloud gaming means they can nuke a game overnight because it didn't meet their expectations.

 

[Sethbacca]

There are enough games currently in circulation to have a backlog big enough to never touch the cloud. I'm good.