Which is precisely why I don't understand the hate that streaming is getting! Everything you mentioned sounds like a great thing! Especially when you factor in xCloud letting you stream games that you own and gamepass games!
PS Now streaming isn't great. It's limited to 720p and doesn't let you stream games that you already own. It does not compare well at all to xcloud/gamepass in that regard.
The fact that it's been out for so long and is barely part of the streaming conversation is very telling.
Unlike Death Stranding however, Gears 5 also launched day and date on a subscription service that you can get from as little as $1 so the 2 games are rather incomparable in terms of sales.
I wish the "go play it yourself to find out" principle was applied to all games alike, not just the ones made by famous devs or exclusives on certain consoles.