Comment on Xbox Cloud Gaming is seeing increased queue times as demand surges
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 year agoOther 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
Colorcodedresistor@lemm.ee 1 year ago
danielbln@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Being able to quickly try out a game before downloading the honking thing is gamer hell?
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 year 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 year 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.
habanhero@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It is very ideal and is perfect for those scenarios…
Now this is not a scenario of regular people. Nobody I know would drop cash on a new PC just to play a single game at max settings. Most people are just content that games work at a decent enough setting and that is what Game Pass offers.
Comparing Game Pass to watching movies in 240p is a false analogy. Most games on Game Pass run just fine, especially for the devices people play it on.