There’s also GeForce Now and they seem to be doing okay but at supposed 25 million registered users, that doesn’t seem like that much all things considered. For comparison, I can’t get the number of registered Steam users but they alone have around 30 million concurrent users on a typical day.
GeForce Now requires you to own the game already. Completely different ballgame. Unless you want to indict Shadow too, which PC gamers usually herald as a great option (for good reason).
Comparing steam is apples to oranges as Steam has no monthly fee/library you get for a subscription. It’s free and just a client for gaming/buying games.
I’m actually a huge advocate of GeForce now as it democratizes AAA games. As long as it isn’t particularly twitchy like an FPS, it generally runs fantastically. I don’t understand why anyone would object to it because all it is is paying for hardware. Whether you own it or rent it, you need hardware to play a video game. And for $5/mo GeForce is a steal for me - 1080p @60 on high graphics typically. Admittedly, I have the “founders“ rate, but I am not the only one out there and their typical rates are also not bad. $60/yr as opposed to $800-$1300 for a gaming PC? Yes please.
Oh I agree with you, I was just adding onto your point to the person you’re replying to. There’s plenty of options in the cloud gaming space but they’re not doing well enough to impact traditional gaming where you run the game on your own hardware which they were worried about.
There’s also GeForce Now and they seem to be doing okay but at supposed 25 million registered users, that doesn’t seem like that much all things considered. For comparison, I can’t get the number of registered Steam users but they alone have around 30 million concurrent users on a typical day.
GeForce Now requires you to own the game already. Completely different ballgame. Unless you want to indict Shadow too, which PC gamers usually herald as a great option (for good reason).
Comparing steam is apples to oranges as Steam has no monthly fee/library you get for a subscription. It’s free and just a client for gaming/buying games.
I’m actually a huge advocate of GeForce now as it democratizes AAA games. As long as it isn’t particularly twitchy like an FPS, it generally runs fantastically. I don’t understand why anyone would object to it because all it is is paying for hardware. Whether you own it or rent it, you need hardware to play a video game. And for $5/mo GeForce is a steal for me - 1080p @60 on high graphics typically. Admittedly, I have the “founders“ rate, but I am not the only one out there and their typical rates are also not bad. $60/yr as opposed to $800-$1300 for a gaming PC? Yes please.
Oh I agree with you, I was just adding onto your point to the person you’re replying to. There’s plenty of options in the cloud gaming space but they’re not doing well enough to impact traditional gaming where you run the game on your own hardware which they were worried about.
Ah gotcha