Do gamers really want Cloud gaming?

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I want it as an option, not the only method. The closest thing to this would be GeForce Now as far as I can tell.

See my biggest worry is what happens if the service dies. Lets say Valve says they are shutting down steam in a month. Well what I am going to do is buying a few hard drives and download all my games. Then through other means assuming Valve doesn't provide one, I will be able to play those games while having my progression be saved.

But lets say Google announces that they are shutting down Stadia in a month. What can I do? Nothing. My progression is fucked, I have no access to any of the files. My money is gone. Games as a service like Xcloud and PSNow helps the idea a bit since you are paying a subscription fee instead of actually buying the game so if they decide to cancel it, then it will hurt your wallet less but the loss of progression is still a problem. (Heck, since they allow downloads of games, I don't even think it is a problem)

That's why I like something like GeForce Now. You own the game on steam and GeForce now simply allows you to have the benefits of cloud. So if Nvidia shuts it down, you don't really lose anything other than an optional way to play the game.