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781 points HelloUsername | 3 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.815s | 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. wincy ◴[16 Jan 25 16:31 UTC] No.42727489[source]▶
I'm playing single player games via Parsec and the latency feels fine. Moonlight is tolerable but Steam streaming feels terrible for some strange reason. This is running two Wifi 6 devices so nothing is even wired. I often use a controller connected to my laptop, or even better use the wireless controller, connect that to the physical device then you bypass the controller latency and only the video has a lag, which is kind of a neat trick if you're close enough to the computer you're streaming from.

The only sorts of games I can't play are things like Binding of Isaac that are super dependent on reaction speeds, but even games like Elden Ring feel fine.

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2. TingPing ◴[16 Jan 25 17:06 UTC] No.42727891[source]▶
Steam Streaming was what I used which was noticeably delayed, so I should try some alternatives.
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3. hiatus ◴[16 Jan 25 20:38 UTC] No.42730568[source]▶
Sunshine on the server and moonlight on the client blows steam link out of the water in terms of latency. Even on my home network with everything on ethernet, steam link would stutter. I sometimes forget I am not directly connected to a computer while on the couch.