| Xxain said: What are the negatives of streaming? |
the negatives are:
- you need to be online to use it and have a pretty good connection by todays standards
- the service can be offline or overloaded, so people won't be able to use it at any time they want or won't have a good experience with it
- it's an additional source for lag, so actions on screen may happen noticeably after you pressed a button, which is very bad in certain genres, like beat'em ups or competitive online shooters
- the catalogue might not include all the games, so people might not be able to play their favorite games
personally I was able the try the Gaikai service for PC this summer and it felt quite good already with not hugely noticeable lag, but as I said for certain genres it might not be able to deliver the same experience as a game calculated on your own box and additionally there are all the problems you can have with an online service that needs high bandwith
