Originally posted by Blahblah
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I'm not advocating for streaming, nor do I fail to realize just how bad things could potentially turn out in case it somehow does manage to sway the majority of casual players towards gaming as a service, though I can see why some would consider it over the conventional approach while pricing is right.
First things first, it's convenient and that's by bar the most important factor for the majority of the player base that may not care enough about ownership rights or modding and whatnot. We've already axed serial keys and installation disks in favor of user accounts and digital downloads. Why stop there when you can do away with downloads and local updates?
There's also the case of portability. sticking to a lightweight rig and low/mid end gaming so as not to have to carry around your good old full tower while away from home is one thing, but why bother when you can just stream 4K games using a tiny dongle attached to your monitor?
In the end it all comes down to how many advantages these services are going to provide and how much the majority of users is willing to sacrifice at a given price.
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