For some reason this idea gives me the creeps. I also have serious reservations about the internet itself being able to acceptably handle it for a long time to come. "What's that? It's 6pm-10pm? Or a weekend? No playable gaming for you then!"
I suppose the whole subscription based non-ownership aspect is the creepy thing, similar to the whole driverless cars that no one owns idea.
Input lag is again a huge issue, especially with PCs where enthusiasts have had low input latency monitors and peripherals marketed at them for some time. It certainly would be interesting to see a major corporation try reverse-brainwashing/marketing for once to tell us how cutting edge latency isn't important anymore.
What would be even more interesting is an enormous corporate war between this streaming paradigm versus the stake holders in the 'old ways' of owning and selling hardware to the consumer.
I suppose the whole subscription based non-ownership aspect is the creepy thing, similar to the whole driverless cars that no one owns idea.
Input lag is again a huge issue, especially with PCs where enthusiasts have had low input latency monitors and peripherals marketed at them for some time. It certainly would be interesting to see a major corporation try reverse-brainwashing/marketing for once to tell us how cutting edge latency isn't important anymore.
What would be even more interesting is an enormous corporate war between this streaming paradigm versus the stake holders in the 'old ways' of owning and selling hardware to the consumer.