Would be cool to see it support libraries outside the Steam ecosystem and have it as a general Wine platform. Would be nice to use it with some GOG games.
Stadia is probably the last product I’d want to be compared to, but hopefully this helps push gaming on Linux more than Stadia was able to.
I didn’t have good gaming gear at the time so I was all in on streaming. Stadia, GeForce now, xcloud, even moonlight on hosted locally with Gamestream. Stadia was hands down the smoothest cloud gaming of all the options I tried. Moving between TV and phone was so quick, no noticeable lag at all and constant 4k.
It’s too bad their business model sucked. Most of the other game streamers have caught up now but I always wished they would have just somehow provided their tech to other services.
Stadia was pretty cool honestly, it just never caught on, and it’s game library couldn’t compete with other platforms.
It was magical feeling though, just being able to play any game from my library in anything with a screen. Any Chromecast, Chromebook, old PC, phone, tablet, etc. They could all run any game, and you could switch between them at any time if someone else needed the TV or something like that.
It made it easy to imagine a future where you don’t worry about how to play a game, or ever spend money on a new console or upgrades, or ever have to delete games so you can wait to download another game. You just think “I want to play this game on this screen” and it works.
I could honestly see the blockchain being used to coordinate game ownership between gaming platforms.
I am far from crypto advocate, I think it is a waste of time and resources, but having a blockchain of who owns what games would be great.
Then you could pick the platform you want to download the game from and get the experience you want
I could also see a database being used to coordinate game ownership with a fraction of the power usage. But neither will happen because consumers always get the raw end of the deal and nothing will ever be done to their benefit without being forced.
Sure, I agree but I doubt publisher’s would since a database can be modified.
But blockchains get “bad” records added all the times. Database entries and blockchain blocks are both equally as susceptible to bad business logic making incorrect entries. No business is going to adopt a sales recording system that doesn’t allow them to control the entries and to reverse the entries they don’t agree with.
Oh I do like this one
I love this idea. Steam library sharing would be amazing if it can be seamless.
Can’t believe they didn’t call it Stadium.
Why on Earth would they make it Nvidia exclusive given how thoroughly that company has screwed the pooch on open source drivers and consequently how dominant AMD has come to be in Linux gaming?
It’s open-source. Do it yourself.
Edit: sad amount of cope in this thread. Why is it that every time something is created not to the exact specifications we desire, we feel the need to bitch about other people’s work. It’s open source, what more can you want? This didn’t exist, and now it does. You’re a goober if you’re upset because it’s not how you wanted it.
Why did they name it like a multiplayer tetris and then not even offer tetris on the platform
Meh,
I was interested and it could be nice. But staying in the loop means registering with a discord or github account. :/
