Zippy6 said:
Ryuu96 said:
"As Patrick Klepek pointed out in his reporting on GeForce Now, some EULAs specifically forbid using a cloud service to stream the game. Blizzard bans cloud computing along with selling your account or exploiting bugs to duplicate game items. Blizzard also claims ownership over mods, which is pretty shitty."
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That's really shitty lol. Ideally these services shouldn't need per-game approval at all. If anything they are a benefit to the publishers as it increases the audience they can sell to, those without a console or gaming pc. They still get paid so not sure why any third party would have an issue with it unless they were running their own cloud service. Having control like this opens the door for publishers to accept money-hats from cloud services like GFN, Boosteroid etc for exclusivity. So them making even more money. Charging you for the game as normal still and then charging the cloud provider too.
If you pay $70 for a PC game you should be allowed to play it on any PC, even a remote one.
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All bout money.
This will end up the same way as the Console industry...I don't know if it will stand up in court but GeForce Now wouldn't dare to annoy any of their partners, Lol. Boosteroid shouldn't care but they'd be drowned in legal fees and maybe lose if it's in the EULAs. These publishers want to be paid for the special right to stream your titles in the Cloud.
If Cloud Gaming ever does become big, we'll be where we are today in the Console industry, they'll only be a few very rich Cloud providers fighting over the exclusive rights to stream certain publishers games, resulting in all the small companies unable to compete and having to close up shop and nobody new being able to enter the market.
Wouldn't put it past Bobby to yank ABK titles from Boosteroid after the deal fails, he's that much of a dick, Lol.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 28 April 2023
