analog_future
Resident Crybaby
(Sunshine/Moonlight is a PC game streaming solution)
I've been playing around with various methods of game streaming/remote play for many years at this point. From trying to use the PS Vita to remote play my PS3 games, to Xbox Game Streaming, to Steam Link, to xCloud, to Playstation Plus streaming... all solutions managed to be a let-down in one way or another. Whether it be latency, lack of stability, poor image quality, limited game library, lack of proper controls, etc.. etc.. there was also something holding these solutions back from being something I can use daily.
Sunshine/Moonlight has changed that.
Image quality is truly near-native, latency is as low as I've ever experienced with a streaming experience, and the customization options are endless. You can control bitrate, encoder, HDR, resolution, framerate, input method, etc.. etc.. And because you're streaming from your PC, you have full access to virtually anything. Playing Switch games at 4k/60 streaming from my PC over to my iPad Mini 6/Kishi Ultra combo is a bit of an incredibly pleasant mindfuck.
And when I say the image is near-native, I mean it.
Here's Red Dead Redemption at 4k/60 native on my PC:
Here's Red Dead Redemption at 4k/60, downsampled to my iPad Mini 6's resolution, screenshotted from the Moonlight app on the iPad:
Also want to note that I do have a very "high end" streaming setup, as not everyone is going to have an iPad Mini 6 and a Razer Kishi Ultra to play with:
But even with a large phone and a controller clip, or a G Cloud, or a Backbone controller, or whatever, Sunshine/Moonlight is the way to go. Makes owning a Steam Deck redundant to me, as this is a far preferable way to play IMO.
I've been playing around with various methods of game streaming/remote play for many years at this point. From trying to use the PS Vita to remote play my PS3 games, to Xbox Game Streaming, to Steam Link, to xCloud, to Playstation Plus streaming... all solutions managed to be a let-down in one way or another. Whether it be latency, lack of stability, poor image quality, limited game library, lack of proper controls, etc.. etc.. there was also something holding these solutions back from being something I can use daily.
Sunshine/Moonlight has changed that.
Image quality is truly near-native, latency is as low as I've ever experienced with a streaming experience, and the customization options are endless. You can control bitrate, encoder, HDR, resolution, framerate, input method, etc.. etc.. And because you're streaming from your PC, you have full access to virtually anything. Playing Switch games at 4k/60 streaming from my PC over to my iPad Mini 6/Kishi Ultra combo is a bit of an incredibly pleasant mindfuck.
And when I say the image is near-native, I mean it.
Here's Red Dead Redemption at 4k/60 native on my PC:
Here's Red Dead Redemption at 4k/60, downsampled to my iPad Mini 6's resolution, screenshotted from the Moonlight app on the iPad:
Also want to note that I do have a very "high end" streaming setup, as not everyone is going to have an iPad Mini 6 and a Razer Kishi Ultra to play with:
But even with a large phone and a controller clip, or a G Cloud, or a Backbone controller, or whatever, Sunshine/Moonlight is the way to go. Makes owning a Steam Deck redundant to me, as this is a far preferable way to play IMO.
