play some CoD and your CPU+gpu stay at 100% because they are using your 'idle' power to run a cryptominer. That will likely be what is next

i mean, streaming the games is nice... but I know the assholes will shit over the players.

what is to stop some kind of free open source gaming platform thing?

like an engine and what not?

since streaming is hardware agnostic and I can run anything on even the shittiest phone then

comparing a 2-3k upgrade for a new pc vs 10-15 for a gaming streaming service. It would benefit me to get the streaming service

and long before that difference is made up the pc I would buy would be not just obsolete but likely either dead or dying

but they will fuck it up

they always do

where there's a will

there's a mistake

been using the ge force now service on my shield while the beta is free and it's been decent for me

the service gives me a virtual client with 15gb of video ram alone, so it can run literally anything

but can it run crysis?

(couldn't resist)

i might be a bit odd then

i'd prefer to play a game with inferior graphics/performance

for better gameplay

oh it's not that. Just that my current pc will die, that is going to happen. At that point I have to decide, to get a new one or just pay the streaming

balanced, well designed, all that

that is what they are banking on i know, that we have to decide to give them a monthly fee or buy a new pc when the time comes

what if parts could be refurbed?

or would that be antithetical to the computer design philosophy?

a rtx costs what... like a grand?

and ya, I tend to be a fps whore. More so in competitive shooters

well that's understandable

is a rental/streaming service going to be advantegeous in the long run?

what is to stop the company from price scalping and all that?

throttling people's service to push them to upgrade

or even worse, cutting off the service due to ToS violations?

it may be cheaper upfront but you lose access to your library as soon as that lapses and the value depends on what you get, how much it costs per month and what the cost to building your own system is

and they already do that with digital games. Blizzard is banning people from their library's for 'mean' words said on twitch

are people avoiding blizzard as a result?

blizzard is getting gutted by activision... who is playing the part of buffalo bill in silence of the lambs

blizzard is busy putting the lotion on it's skin...

lol

so when blizzard goes under, what happens to all those digital libraries?

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activision gets them

or rather already has them but now controls them entirely

that way activision's lizard people ceos can wear some human skin to pretend to be one of us