2020, the year of Cloud gaming video games. THE streaming games have known, in a very short time, a rapid development that could lead the cloud gaming to become an integral part of our homes like physical consoles. A great versatility, a valid technology and an increasingly large number of titles available are convincing even the most skeptical gamers of the potential of streaming video games. Can we already speak of a real revolution? Will streaming games replace consoles? Let's find out together.
- Cloud gaming platforms: between Google Stadia, Geforce Now and Amazon Luna
- I problemi del gaming streaming
- Cloud gaming: are streaming games really the future?
Cloud gaming platforms: between Google Stadia, Geforce Now and Amazon Luna
La streaming technology it is certainly not a novelty in the tech world. The same technology is commonly used to listen to music or to play movies and TV series on various services and platforms such as Netflix. And it is precisely to the latter that the streaming platforms of video games refer. In fact, after a monthly or annual subscription, services such as Google Stadia e GeForce Now provide users with a long list of titles that can be played anywhere.
To play on the cloud, in fact, it is no longer necessary to own one PlayStation 5 a new one Xbox Series X. Each subscription allows you to connect directly to the servers of the specific service, servers far more powerful than any physical device you can buy. With a screen at your disposal, that of a PC, a smart TV or even a smartphone, you will be able to play even the most recent video games that would require, alternatively, a powerful (and expensive) machine or console.
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Stream games on Google Stadia
Google Stadia is the Gaming Streaming platform by Google. The platform, which was released in November 2019, offers a vast library of games that is constantly growing. To use it, just download application and use a normal controller, whether it is Google Stadia or not, connected via USB-C or Bluetooth. With video support and a solid internet connection, you will have a complete gaming experience.
There are two ways to play Google Stadia games. Yes they can buy video games individually at full price, or with any appropriate offers, and stream them. Alternatively, there is also a Google Stadia Pro subscription at a cost of € 9,99 per month. This type of subscription guarantees access to the entire library of the platform. The Pro version of Google Stadia also allows you to play with one resolution up to 4K.
GeForce Now: Nvidia e gaming streaming
Nvidia is a long time in the mondo gaming in streaming. Il servizio GeForce Now it came out of its beta last year and has been constantly evolving ever since. In fact, in recent months, the gaming experience has been optimized for cloud gaming managing to greatly improve the performance of the service. The various updates e patch are and will be available on a variety of compatible devices, including, i Chromebook.
With GeForce Now you can play many video games a 1080p/60FPS with support to RTX technology, offering the public beautiful graphics ray-tracing and DLSS 2.0.
GeForce Now is available for free, but with some limitations. Alternatively, to take full advantage of the potential of the service, there is a founders' subscription valid for 6 months at a cost of 27,45 euros. This subscription gives you access to ray tracing, among other things. This subscription also includes 90 days of free trial.
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Amazon Luna's Cloud Gaming
Amazon announced its entry into cloud gaming a few months ago, promising to offer a complete service at an advantageous price. Amazon Luna also allows you to play video games from the cloud directly to the various applications for PC o Fire TV. The titles will be streamed from the infrastructure of cloud computing AWS di Amazon, a bit like Netflix does like movies and TV series. By purchasing the Amazon Luna dedicated controller, currently on sale at the price of $ 49,99, you will be able to connect to the servers.
The service, currently only available to a specific group of gamers and testers, has around 100 titles in its library.
I problemi del gaming streaming
On paper, the potential of the various piattaforme cloud gaming they are truly exceptional and combined with the competitive price, they could really become a valid alternative to the world of consoles. Unfortunately, the reality of the facts does not fully support these services. The main problem it concerns in fact the use of broadband and the need for a powerful enough internet network to support it.
For example, to play in quality Full HD con Google Stadia from a smartphone, approx 12,6 GB per hour, this value drops to 4,5 GB if graphics quality is lowered to 720p. This is a relatively high amount of data which therefore needs a more than solid connection to be "downloaded" in the best possible way. In addition to the quantity point of view, adequate speed is in fact required for avoid lag and latency problems that risk compromising the gaming experience. The speed and therefore the quality of the streaming become even more important when it comes to competitive online video games, so these problems can be extremely annoying.
Currently, the Italian situation in terms of internet speed is not the same throughout the territory. Although large cities can count on a powerful one fibra FTTH, which arrives directly at your home without data loss, the situation is very different in small towns and villages. An effective dissemination of the cloud gaming in Italy, it will only be available when internet coverage reaches a certain standard.
The Cyberpunk 2077 case
The potential of video game streaming platforms has recently emerged with Cyberpunk 2077. The highly anticipated video game from CD Projekt RED has meant that for weeks, the world of video games did not talk about anything else, for better or for worse. The title was in fact the protagonist of a disastrous launch characterized by numerous crashes, fragmented gameplay, freezing, Oddly geometric NPCs, bugs and more.
The problems concern the versions of the game on consoles especially in reference to the previous generation. PlayStation 4 e Xbox One in fact, they suffer from a huge number of problems that make the title practically unplayable. The situation improves upon PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X e S series but the actual next-gen update will only arrive in the next few months.
Paradoxically, but not too much, one of the most successful versions of the game is the one designed for Google Stadia. In fact, the service has already set graphic specifications that choose to give priority, in complete autonomy, now to the frame rate, now to the resolution. It therefore seems that Google Stadia allows you to play without heavy bugs or too many crashes. The game also works in Full HD at 60fps in the free version and 4K at 30fps in the paid one. This means that you can get great graphics and an immersive experience even with just the free version.
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Cloud gaming: are streaming games really the future?
At this point, we can finally answer the question that started this article: i Are streaming video games the future?
As we have seen, the situation of piattaforme cloud gaming it is still in its infancy and an effective widespread internet network, especially in Italy, is still far from being achieved. The Cyberpunk 2077 example made us understand, within a few weeks, the real potential of cloud gaming remained, before then, in the penumbra. We are confident that the future may hold further development for streaming video games and thus prove to be the trump card for certain players.
"The future" we are talking about, in fact, will hardly be outclassed only by streaming or only by physical consoles. In fact, both tools offer different gaming experiences that adapt to the needs of each of us. The future of video games, as well as the nature of the same, is extremely varied and vast and, whether you are a longtime gamer or curious newbies, there is room for everyone.
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