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[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how to force millions of gamers to use cloud computing for games? creative artificial demand, make prices on powerful PCs/ components to skyrocket and become unaffordable for most then provide cost effective 'cloud based gaming bullshit' as a solution.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I will completely quit games before going full cloud bs.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's only really an issue for AAA titles. There's millions of indie games out there that will run just fine on 10 year old hardware. If this kills the AAA game industry, I think it's doing us all a favor.

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 14 points 2 months ago

Even with AAA, mid-range hardware from 5-6 years works fine at 1080p if you tune down the settings.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah I have a backlog of games going back 30 years. If they don't want her to spend any money, then I won't. Simple as that.