That and the US being such a large market while having some of the worst internet in the developed world. Last I read only ¼ of the network is fiber
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pennomi@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Cloud gaming is effectively impossible due to little things like the speed of light. Sure, you could play Civilization via cloud but good fucking luck with competitive shooters.
Golden@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 minutes ago
tbf: The US is huge as fuck. Most countries in the developed world could fit in Texas.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
I live in France, has fantastic fibre, would still hate to play civilisation “in the cloud”.
There is just no incentive to do so IMO. Even a cheap mobile phone can render well enough, and I just hate any kind of even “possible” lag.
/Rant off 😋
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
I play games over 4G happily. Not likely to work very well with game streaming.
20dogs@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
I completed Nier Automata via GeForce Now just fine. Competitive shooters maybe not, but that’s just a subset of gaming anyway.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
It’s so stupid. It’s a solution looking for a problem.
uienia@lemmy.world 32 minutes ago
As with anything these techbro oligarchs comes up with. Unfortunately they do have the power to bend reality to their twisted wills.
Scrollone@feddit.it 6 hours ago
I’m happy that Google Stadia died.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 7 hours ago
What if everyone is on the cloud in the shooter?
pennomi@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Everyone can suffer together, yay
regedit@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Wanna bring about the next French Revolution, worldwide? Cause that seems like a good way to do it!
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Would be cool to play civ5 on a long term server.
I’m thinking something that emails you when its your turn too. Like playing chess over mail.
Famko@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Isn’t that a thing in freeciv, that open source version of civilization?
BryyM@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
There is a freeciv? How did i not know this
Famko@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Yeah, there’s a web version of the game if you want to try it out, though it seems to be based on civilization 2 or 3 rather than 5 or 6.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Civ over mail. Physical mail. Like those old mail chess games in the times before online chess (use lichess.org btw <3 ).
Move a scout, wait 3-5 days for the answer.
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
“Sure, you could play good games, but good luck playing garbage.”