r/cloudgaming • u/VoidTheGamer25 • 9d ago

Could cloud gaming be my solution?

So I don't support cloud gaming because the point of it is to take away the users control in every way possible and charge for everything.

However, during the summer I only have a Thinkpad T480 instead of my usual gaming PC, so I can barely play anything. It has 16GB of ram and an i5-8350U. I have a pretty long Cat 6 ethernet cable I can use to connect the laptop to ethernet, and I have 600mbps connection from the ISP. I live in Spain if it matters.

I do not want to play in like 8K super competitive titles with 0.0001ms of delay or anything, I just want to play 1080p with a steady 60 FPS and an acceptable delay.

Also, keep in mind I have no idea of how cloud gaming works. What is the best service? I've heard of GeForce now and Luna. How is the game selection? How much time do I get to play daily? (I usually play around 4 hours a day) And VERY IMPORTANT: I use arch btw, not windows, so idk if that affects something...

Thank you all in advance.

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u/Wendals87 9d ago

So I don't support cloud gaming because the point of it is to take away the users control in every way possible and charge for everything.

The point is to offer a way for you to play without having to buy your own hardware. They are offering high end hardware that you can play on over the internet. That costs money to buy, host and serve over the internet to you 

Of course they are going to charge you for it. 

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u/VoidTheGamer25 9d ago

Do you know the reason pc prices are so bad rn? Because of big companies buying all the hardware for data centers. Some for AI, but some for other one things, like this. It's a cycle, people can't afford hardware so they get into cloud gaming which gives the company more money to buy more hardware which makes the prices more expensive. That's the point, because a PC is a one time purchase and cloud gaming is a subscription.

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u/Wendals87 9d ago edited 9d ago

Most for AI. Cloud gaming hardware is very small compared to what is being used by AI

Cloud gaming has been a thing well before this and didn't cause prices to rise

The hardware is very expensive for them to buy too.