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  • #21
    Originally posted by shmerl View Post

    It's as deceptive as someone tries to overhype it. If properly advertised for what it is, it doesn't have to be deceptive.

    Either way, if Amazon are hiring for it, they think they can make money. Hard to say if that's correct or not. Google tried it, and so far Stadia had some hard time. But unlike some Windows/Xbox focused services by Nvidia and MS, looks like Amazon are at least going with Linux like Google did.

    I wonder who will be next. Netflix gaming?
    Problems with "cloud gaming":

    - Cloud service may spy on your gameplay even if it is unlikely
    - You don't own the hardware
    - Requires a very good connection and even so there is more latency than playing locally
    - If a game in particular is retired from the service then you can't play it anymore

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    • #22
      Originally posted by tildearrow View Post

      Problems with "cloud gaming":

      - Cloud service may spy on your gameplay even if it is unlikely
      - You don't own the hardware
      - Requires a very good connection and even so there is more latency than playing locally
      - If a game in particular is retired from the service then you can't play it anymore
      All these are obviously problems by nature of these services. It doesn't mean they aren't useful still. As long as they don't pretend they can replace buying games proper and being able to run them locally. Which is why I said they shouldn't be overhyped by marketing.

      Idea of thin clients is nowhere new. In fact it even predates personal computers because that's how it worked before PCs were even a thing. They just realized it can be applied to gaming too. So nothing wrong with the concept if it's a choice, not the only option.
      Last edited by shmerl; 14 December 2021, 09:24 PM.

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      • #23
        Cloud gaming is actually really nice in theory, but I don't care for it, I wonder if they will be using the vulkan virtio-gpu, or a vgpu solution from vendors? im thinking towards the former given they want devs to help with mesa

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        • #24
          Amazon hiring vulkan proton and mesa developers... Hell yes .. all the fixes will be sent upstream and benefit everyone while Nvidia is off to the side wondering why noone wants to play with thier shiny new ball

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          • #25
            Ubisoft Hiring and Amazon also Hiring is actually related: Amazon has partnered with Ubisoft to create a gaming channel exclusive to Luna, which will give Luna subscribers access to Ubisoft's titles the same day they release. The Ubisoft+ (Beta) channel costs an additional $14.99 per month. Ubisoft is porting their Games Natively to Linux for Amazons Cloud Gaming Service.

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            • #26
              Originally posted by tildearrow View Post

              Problems with "cloud gaming":

              - Cloud service may spy on your gameplay even if it is unlikely
              - You don't own the hardware
              - Requires a very good connection and even so there is more latency than playing locally
              - If a game in particular is retired from the service then you can't play it anymore
              Counter points can be made as:

              - That is not likely a concern for many
              - Owning hardware is a legit problem for 3rd world country citizens, so having a suitable internet connection is much more likely for those people rather than having HW
              - Only an issue where you can compare local gaming against it because you have luxury of owning HW
              - Not likely an issue. Steam has tons of delisted games, if you have them registered on your account it is being on sale or not doesn't matter. You can just install and play. So same would be also valid here.

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              • #27
                Originally posted by Leopard View Post
                - Owning hardware is a legit problem for 3rd world country citizens, so having a suitable internet connection is much more likely for those people rather than having HW
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                as an appendage, I would say owning hardware is an issue for MANY people right now lol

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                • #28
                  Originally posted by Leopard View Post

                  Counter points can be made as:

                  - That is not likely a concern for many
                  - Owning hardware is a legit problem for 3rd world country citizens, so having a suitable internet connection is much more likely for those people rather than having HW
                  - Only an issue where you can compare local gaming against it because you have luxury of owning HW
                  - Not likely an issue. Steam has tons of delisted games, if you have them registered on your account it is being on sale or not doesn't matter. You can just install and play. So same would be also valid here.
                  Counterpoints to your counterpoints:

                  - From a company's point of view
                  - Indeed, but ironically the cost of hosting the servers that run the games is much higher in such countries
                  - Yes, but anything above ~40ms is easily noticeable
                  - Is an issue if that particular game is exclusive to a "cloud gaming" platform and said platform does not offer an option to play the game locally

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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by Etherman View Post
                    Why Proton? Why not Wine(-staging) + dxvk and stuff?
                    Proton is for Steam.
                    Proton is focused on linux gaming. Wine is still more focused around making sure Office runs on OSX.

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by smitty3268 View Post

                      Proton is focused on linux gaming. Wine is still more focused around making sure Office runs on OSX.
                      Isn't proton only wine + patches, or did they already diverge too much?

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