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Azzanation on 04 June 2023
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the-pi-guy said:
Azzanation said:

Plenty of parents and kids simply cant afford a console. If the option is already built into your TV or smart devices, they will chose to accept the free access.

When was the last time you brought a high end camera? Knowing your Smart phone has one built in.

Majority of casuals dont care about superior experiences. Look at the average gaming PCs, Majority are not running 3080s. They are probably already playing games on ancient tech which will be causing issues.

For the hardcore audience or gamers like yourself, sure, buy the hardware but the majority of the gaming market is dictated by the casuals.

A lot of this, as most of this thread, is just speculation.

It's certainly reasonable that plenty of people can't afford a console. But are those people really going to be comfortable with an additional subscription service to content that they don't own? And are those people going to be able to afford/even have access to a high end internet service? 

In a lot of cases, the difference is nothing like the difference between a smart phone camera and a high end camera. Smart phone cameras are generally pretty competent, and many times they're better than even high cameras from 15 years ago. That's often not the case for cloud gaming, especially since there are plenty of areas that don't have access to good internet. In those cases, we're not talking about a high end experience vs a good experience; consoles are a good experience, and cloud gaming is an utterly broken experience. 

I havnt used Cloud gaming however ill assume the quality of Cloud depends more on the service network just as much. Azure is a world wide service so if streaming directly from those servers should increase playability. If you are streaming a game from Japan from North America, that will cause lag.

I also dont believe the majority are going to care if their games stutter. I cant see  parent going to the shops paying $500+ for a console because their games stutter. Guess it falls on the individual.