GeForce Grid sending Unreal Engine 4 to the cloud

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I've tried Mass Effect 2 through Gaikai and was absolutely blown away. It was surreal to be playing ME2 on a browser on hardware that normally wouldn't run the game well at all. Gaikai's going to be a major player in a few years.

While it's not going to rock Steam anytime soon, cloud gaming can do WONDERS for game demos as they grow larger and larger over the years. Think about having near-instant access to a game demo without having to download and install it. Think about eventually having an a-la-carte gaming service much like we've got with music or even Netflix. One flat subscription, access to thousands of games over a streaming cloud service. It's the stuff dreams are made of if it's executed well. I definitely don't want digital download services like Steam going away but it would be an amazing alternative.

The problems for cloud gaming in the US is that lots of us are stuck with ISP that suck at providing fast internet or that are to expensive.

@Gelugon_baat

Plain and simple,that's impossible...

The main advantage of cloud gaming to the industry is the full control over consumer's game purchases,and your option,while postive towards consumers, would seriously undermine that effort on many levels...

@Gelugon_baat

True,iOS Rock Band isn't a true "cloud game",but I picked it because it's a good example of publisher having a total control over the product you payed for(being able to fully shut it down at any time,and make it unplayable for you),and same things would be fully possible in cloud gaming.As I said,it's a reminder how badly a consumer would be treated if cloud was a standard...

I agree how your example is better,though.Must've missed it,else I would've brought it up...

Personally, network latency seems like a way bigger problem than graphics card power, and I think companies are a long long way off from overcoming that barrier.

Specialized dual GPUs that suck back less power then current offerings and can render high res games for discreet players at once? Am I the only one wondering what the retail cost on that would be?

It's interesting tech... but if people don't like a game download because they don't think they own anything... How's a game that you really don't have going to make people change their minds... Once it's off the server your moneys in the toilet and replayability makes games sell.

As long as they're finding ways to make it cheaper, I'm all for it.

This is the crappiest idea ever. I don't want to game on the cloud. Good thing enough is already out to last basically forever.

I doubt he wants you to agree with him in any way shape or form. He pretty much laid it out that he prefers to only play off line. How that makes him a hermit in you eyes is beyond my understanding.

As for myself, cloud gaming would defeat the entire purpose of owning a pc in the first place. You know if I wanted a neutered gaming experience I would own a console. BTW I own a couple of those too, so I'm not being a fanboi. @Gelugon_baat

You can expect, your cable/internet provider to start charging for bandwidth instead of a monthly plan, if this becomes popular...

Don't these guys get it, cloud has it benefits yes, but the network/cable company guys are gonna want a piece of the pie too..

They are already loosing cable subscribers , so why wont they change to a charge per bandwidth choice, they stand to make more cash.. All it takes if for one provider to post big earnings on the Pay per Bandwidth, then the others will follow...

Onlive is rightfully doubted by gamers, as you can't fool us into thinking remote connectivity (in a world with Pay per gig ISPs) is worth the same as on-board capability.

Also, it's a pretty aggressive stomp at gamers, who have already been treated as eminent pirates, guilty by association.

I want to buy a game, put it in my system, and play it. That's it. Time was, companies used to provide that with some competence.

http://toucharcade.com/2012/05/02/original-ios-rock-band-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-may/

Here's something to remind you all what kind of power cloud gaming gives to developers.Sure,EA backed down and the game will remain playable in offline modes,but only because of a lot of negative publicity they stepped down...

Make no mistake,cloud gaming gives developers total control over your purchases,they can easily control how and when you play,after all,you own nothing more but a simple permission to access a game that is stored on some server far away from your reach or control...

Is that the future we want for ourselves as gamers and consumers?

I don;t care anymore you locked up half of UT3 making it crap to edit you refuse to make a new unreal game and gears sucks. So GET OFF MY INTERNET!!! *shakes kane at you*

Also without user ran servers could gaming is moot.

Honnestly, cloud gaming is as useful to me as shoes are to someone without legs. I DON'T GAME ONLINE. I stopped buying PC games that required me to be online and i will do the same with any platform whatsoever. Not that i'd care if they did go cloud on consoles and Pcs though, since i have enough RPGs to last we 20 lifetimes.