Lol at the idea that cloud gaming is ever better than real gaming.

This aint it

See… places like this lose all credibility instantly. This makes no sense no matter how you slice it. It’s clearly an agenda. Be it paid or just blind fanboyism, there’s a clear agenda with this one.

Lol OP getting that Microsoft bux for an article with this sort of opinion

Cloud gaming is lovely when it works and a frustrating mess when it doesn't. It's about 50/50 which experience you'll get so yea those odds kinda suck lol

Untill unlimted fast internet access is available everywhere it not even the same use case...

😂🤣😂

Instantly lost credibility.

Ummmm, but you could buy this and install windows and get the best of both. Why do gamers always need to talk about what "beats" what?

I mean you could get the steam deck and now hear me out this may sound crazy. But with the steam deck you could do......both. you can play games natively or via stream with xcloud. As well as other streaming programs like PS Now or Geforce now.

Could these inexperienced non-gamers stop telling us what to think?

No. Streaming vs native game...native will always be a better experience. I'll use my Steam Deck to play game pass.

You can play pirated pc games on SD, what beats that lol

Most of anything beats streaming games..

Hot garbage article.

A couple weeks ago i was like, "you know what, im gonna try streaming games". I bought a Razer Kishi, subbed to Gamepass Gold for xCloud on my phone, downloaded Steam's app, the remote play app on my computer for the ps5, got PS Now, and join my friend's Google Family to take a Stadia sub

Im not gonna lie, the gimmick of playing anywhere on a phone is really cool.
Being able to stream my steam and ps5 games to my work laptop is fantastic.
for the streaming apps, it wasn't all great. Latency really wasn't a big deal for me on my internet, tbh. It just kinda worked. We actually played a ton of Hot Shots PS3 on the PS5 with PS Now and i just recently ordered it. Fun af. But anyway, no matter which streaming thing you pick, playing a game from a server feels weird. Blacks get crushed by compression, sometimes youll get random drops or the controller'll hold the stick longer than you wanted it to. timing Hot Shots Golf swings will make you want to die inside a little. All these things make it such a worse experience when you can just buy the native hardware for pretty affordable prices. It's also just considerably less fun in a way that's hard to explain and the sacrifices are enormous when native hardware is so inexpensive. Buying a game on Stadia does not at all feel like im building up a collection. And when even a PS5 will be attainable by most people here within a few years we just *dont need streaming*.

Oh Stadia was just terrible lmao amazing it's still up. What a mess. Just honestly amazing - id recommend everybody just go watch a video on how terrible that interface is. But yeah anyway, long story short: streaming games from a server kinda sucks a lot, streaming games from another thing in your house is pretty sweet, and not streaming at all is worth the price of a console.

Ugh, I’m so tired of the GamePas arse kissing. Enjoy your timed rental service. I’ll happily buy my games on Steam, which if you shop Steam Sales, are already ridiculously cheap.

I think the Steam Deck will be forgotten in a couple of years, but I would take it over cellphone Game Pass any day of the week. Game Pass is just another app now, one among billions. At least the Steam Deck has some craftsmanship.

What a dumb article