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781 points HelloUsername | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.253s | source
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duxup ◴[16 Jan 25 13:31 UTC] No.42724831[source]▶
I was pretty skeptical about the original Switch but bought it on a whim after being laid off.

It quickly became one of my favorite gaming consoles. The ability to play anywhere didn’t seem like a big deal until I could do it.

I have zero interest in being tied to a single spot like the traditional console experience now.

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markgreene ◴[16 Jan 25 13:57 UTC] No.42725144[source]▶
cloud gaming has given me this same revelation. It's as portable as a Switch but the gaming experience isn't limited by the hardware in hand. Connectivity is important for the experience, though.
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machinekob ◴[16 Jan 25 14:05 UTC] No.42725235[source]▶
cloud gaming is good if you live close to the servers and don't care about graphics, but playing with +60-100ms for every action feels very bad. It almost feels like playing on 15-20 fps PC and quality of streaming video is always a problem compared to native quality maybe AV1 will fix it.
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joseda-hg ◴[16 Jan 25 14:11 UTC] No.42725321[source]▶
I have gigabit, but no servers that are close, it's... rough
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TingPing ◴[16 Jan 25 14:28 UTC] No.42725552[source]▶
Streaming in the same house still isn’t very good. Games are very latency sensitive.
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1. PaulHoule ◴[16 Jan 25 16:14 UTC] No.42727251[source]▶
Depends on the game. I think I'm more sensitive to latency (less able to compensate) than most people. I couldn't enjoy playing Titanfall until I put my Samsung TV in game mode; I would just get hit and couldn't do anything about it playing League of Legends on my gaming laptop with a 4K monitor, but when I hooked up an external monitor, mirrored the screen, and ran a clock, I took photos showing my laptops' screen was behind by 30 ms. I started playing on an external monitor and started to win. I even found I had a hard time with some 1 player games such as Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet if I didn't run in game mode.

On the other hand, I went through a phase where I did a lot of streaming from my PC to a NVIDIA Shield and an XBOX. Sometimes through wired Ethernet, something through an airMAX microwave link to my other house. Games like Persona 5 and Orcs Must Die 3 were just fine, but I could not play any Rhythm games, which I have a knack for, High-Fi Rush was no fun at all.