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Dulfite said:
twintail said:

If you can stream without issue and don't care about ownership, I'm not sure what the reservation is then?
I haven't tried game streaming myself, but I'd do it if it worked.

I've only tried it on a demo. I made the thread to hear from people that have played many hours on cloud games that have fiber. I don't want to buy games before knowing how they feel after many hours of playing. So far, the demo I tried was great, but that was for minutes before it told me the demo had expired (Control).

My biggest goal in the short term is figuring out if KH 1-3 Cloud Version will look and play just as well on Switch with excellent internet as it will on PC or if PC, regardless of Fiber, will look and play better. I want to play whichever is a better version, but if they are tied (hypothetically) then I'd prefer the Switch as it is portable and connect to my TV.

So far, it seems like I'm getting some responses from technical perspectives (which I appreciate), but other responses from people that clearly don't have fiber based on their responses (and they, therefore, aren't useful).

You assume quite a bit. I've got fibre. Bandwidth doesn't make a difference to streaming when you reach the threshold. It highly depends on how far you are from a server (or ping) and even then there are big limitations of the technology. Fyi I tried Stadia (hard wired) which is about the best you can get rn in terms of streaming tech.

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/heres-how-stadias-input-lag-compares-to-native-pc-gaming/

While its impressive games can run, its not something I would personally use. Playing on this would be akin to playing on a TV set with no game mode on a console @30FPS with added input lag and the odd stutter on top. Its a way worse experience in than native (tried both Stadia Pro and PS Now) in terms of fidelity and playability. Tbh I see it as a supplement tech and not a replacement. Quite okay if you can deal with the shortcomings and don't want to invest in a new system though its no way close the playing on a local machine.

Last edited by hinch - on 11 October 2021