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So, I've heard Cloud Gaming is an option. I don't travel much anymore, and my internet connection is about as good as it gets in Australia. What are my options for Cloud Gaming? Stadia's dead, obviously. Searching for Linux Cloud Gaming didn't turn up many results from this decade.
These are the games I want to play:
...Are there any Cloud Gaming services that offer these games? I'm not sure if I'd want to pay for it yet (hopefully the prices aren't stupid), but I'm curious about the landscape anyway.
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Looks like you have GeforceNow through https://cloud.gg/. I'm not sure how good it is. GeforceNow is good here in the states. RainbowSix Siege and Fortnite but no Halo. Probably have to use Edge as well.
Hope that helps.
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Otherwise, GeForce Now has two of the games I want to play, but I don't like the idea of waiting in a queue even if it can be cut down with more expensive membership plans. Having to wait and paying that kind of price for my relatively casual gaming experience doesn't work for me.
Amazon Luna is out since my Amazon account was banned two years ago, and it's not available in Australia anyway.
I guess that leaves Xbox Cloud Gaming? It has all the games I want and is available in my region, I don't need to hand over plaintext login details, and there doesn't seem to be a wait time. Only issue is that at A$19/month, it's pretty expensive. This would be the only part of Game Pass I'm actually taking advantage of.
Welp, I tried.
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If it were $5 a month and I didn't need to wait half an hour in a queue, I might go for that. GeForce Now has a $5 price point but having to wait in a queue is not for me :)
To me, it looks like the normal steam login window, which could be easily keylogged by the server. I don't trust the server beyond being able to play games. It's also not just NVIDIA you need to worry about; it's cloud.gg running the servers. And, I gotta be honest...I really don't trust Australian companies that much. But as I said, call me paranoid :) Either way, the service is not for me in its current state.
That being said, please continue posting in this thread! I'm interested in hearing other people's experiences with cloud gaming.
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I do miss Stadia myself, and I miss it badly, it was the best damn cloud gaming service in my experience (damn it Google!).
1) To save HD space 2) It's a DRM based game and I don't want DRM games on my HD if at all possible. I spend very little money on tech overall. I honestly get my tech for free mostly. So that means I will be using Cloud based gaming and browser based stuff a lot.
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Take notes, DMM...
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And, well, I like it. It has all the games I want to play. It has some old classics and some games I would never consider paying for but wouldn't mind giving a shot (which, I've discovered, is the main appeal of cloud gaming services). Hell, they even have BLiNX! I haven't played that game in such a long time...shame they don't have BLiNX 2, though. That was such a fun one.
I managed to play Rainbow Six Siege with no (minimal? hard to tell) lag, no degradation in quality, from my Chromium browser.
There's a huuuuuge disadvantage to the service, though. It requires you to use an Xbox gamepad. And I absolutely suck at competitive games with a controller. I cannot get used to it. I really couldn't tell if it was lag or just trying to aim with a thumbstick that was throwing me off.
Also, I had to input my Ubisoft login using the gamepad...that was pain.
So it's not a viable replacement for me. There's a third-party browser extension that converts gamepad inputs to keyboard/mouse inputs for XCloud but I uh, don't trust them. It's a proprietary extension. Microsoft has been wanting to get keyboard/mouse + touch support (for phones) on XCloud for a few years now.
But I'm getting to play some games like Halo Infinite that I've been wanting to but wouldn't consider paying for. And for only $1 for a 14-day trial. The longest I've waited to get into a game is 2 minutes.
If it had the keyboard/mouse support, I could see myself using it. $20 is a tall ask, though.