lWhat is cloud gaming?
First, we will clear the question of what cloud gaming is. Cloud gaming is basically gaming on demand. It’s almost the same as watching a movie or video on Youtube. Cloud gaming works like this: You can connect to a server over the internet from where you can launch a game that you want to play and you will get all the data streamed back to you. You don’t need a powerful PC or the newest consoles you just need one average PC and a good connection with the internet. You can even go competitive without spending too much money, you only have to buy a good gaming mouse and keyboard. With cloud gaming, you can play every game you want even if the graphic is too high for your PC you will be able to play it cause the game runs on other servers. Along with this, you can play on any platform and where ever you want. The only thing you need is an internet connection and a monitor. Mobile devices, set-top boxes, smart TVs, and computers are supported. Cloud gaming wants to make gaming accessible to everyone and wants to stop expensive and powerful PC builds where they are not needed. You won’t need to install games and waste place on your PC again, you will be able to play every game you want, and you won’t have any waiting time or limits.
How can you play?
Maybe some will ask now how they can play without having any powerful PC. It’s simple, you just have to launch your server and start playing. Every minute you’re playing you will send data to the server. Everything is happening on this server for example your game is stored onto the clouds server. The server decodes each of your inputs and returns them as a video stream with audio to your monitor. So the game will be just streamed to you over the internet with low latency on every platform. Of course, you can also play with friends.
Is it worth it?
You will have many advantages along using cloud gaming but everyone knows that nothing is for free. Many will wonder if it’s worth it. The prices are from 10$ to 30$ per month so it’s not that cheap. But on the other hand, buying a good PC will cost like paying 20$ every month for three to six years. So it would be the same as buying a PC for six years. Along the PC you will also need to buy games and if you want to upgrade the computer there are also additional costs. So you have to decide how long you want to use it and if it’s worth it for you. It depends on the person. We would say that somebody who is traveling a lot or somebody who is always in different places would be happy about cloud gaming because of the future that you can play anywhere, but for the long-term, it’s not worth it because an own computer would be cheaper.
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