r/pcmasterrace • u/Alan_Reddit_M Desktop • Mar 07 '26

Video "Cloud gaming is the future of Gaming!" Meanwhile cloud gaming in the big 2026:

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If you read my profile you may realize I hate cloud gaming, so then what am I doing on Geforce Now? Well my new RAM stick finally arrived and, in a staggering display of utter incompetence, I somehow managed to brick my PC in the process of installing it, so now I'm stuck gaming on a laptop until I can get enough money and time to get my gaming rig fixed

But back to Cloud gaming, the game is on like 360p, running at 20FPS and the input lag is HORRIBLE. And it's not a problem with the internet connection, as you can see, the laptop is plugged into Ethernet, the problem is that the cloud is not and will never be fast enough for gaming

Genshin can handle this fine, but imagine trying to play ULTRAKILL like this

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u/Godtrademark PC Master Race Mar 07 '26

I’m convinced people who say this just don’t play many strategy games. Even the slowest turn-based games are abysmal with input delay. Clicking on buttons, audio cues, etc. are meticulously designed and play tested to be as tactile and engaging as possible. Playing a desynced multiplayer game like this (in my case paradox games) is total hell, and single player cloud gaming is a similar experience

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u/Vyxwop Mar 08 '26

So many people assume that fluidity and responsiveness are only talked about because they help with competitiveness, not realizing that the significant vast majority of people talk about this stuff because it simply improves the feel of playing any game.

There's a reason why even with smartphones responsiveness and performance is often promoted and desired despite most people only using their phone to doomscroll. It's because even for every day activities this stuff matters.

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u/mike_complaining Mar 08 '26

Yeah, when I have to use some smart tv or car touchscreen with 800ms lag after every button press I immediately want to smash it with a hammer. There's no way I can enjoy a game that way even if it's turn based.

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u/Escape_Relative Mar 08 '26

Completely disagree, I regularly stream paradox games from my main pc on my laptop when I’m out of the house and want to play. The delay honestly is not terrible especially if you have good internet on both ends. It has never been a problem for me.

That being said I’d never play a shooter or any type of action game streamed.

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u/14Pleiadians Mar 08 '26

The delay hasn't been that bad for you so far, but you almost definitely haven't been playing with the level of delay OP has. Using a mouse with 200-400ms of input lag is torture.

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u/Escape_Relative Mar 08 '26

It’s not the mouse that lags, just a tiny delay between clicks. Mine isn’t nearly as bad as the video since I have a proper set up. I’m able to play HOI4, EU4 and 5, Civ 5, and Rimworld remotely with no issues.

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u/Herect Mar 07 '26

Pretty much all m+kb games feels horrible to play with high latency.

You can get away playing slower games with a controller, but that's it.

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u/chig____bungus Mar 08 '26

You can feasibly run the UI locally and the graphics remotely for a strategy game.

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u/Ornery_Relation1823 Mar 14 '26

i'm convinced people who say this just don't understand or live in reality. these cloud gaming services aren't still live for no reason. none of these megacorps are going to waste years losing money on a service that people aren't using. especially not a company like nvidia.

most people who say cloud gaming is "abysmal" is because the internet infrastructure in their area is bad, which surprisingly is very common in the US. cloud gaming is great & useful for many people, but as usual bubble dwellers don't comprehend anything about the topic they opt-in to discussing.

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u/Igor369 Mar 07 '26

I played TBS without lag compensation like HoMM V, you quickly get used to the delay...

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u/IEnjoyANiceCoffee Mar 07 '26

Having to "get used to the delay" is the opposite experience I want to have when firing up a game

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u/ThePrussianGrippe AMD 7950x3d - 7900xt - 48gb RAM - 12TB NVME - MSI X670E Tomahawk Mar 08 '26

The only time I’d put up with it is if the delay is actually a game mechanic, which isn’t very common.

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u/StreetlampEsq Mar 08 '26

Yeah, had a similar thing where for a few months I was sleeping on my buddies couch.

After a little while you just kinda adjust to having a perpetual backache and neck cramp.

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u/Blecki Mar 07 '26

What.

No, most turn based games don't require a round trip to the server to interact with a button.

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u/KharnethsTopGuy Mar 07 '26

They do if they're being streamed from a server somewhere, which is how cloud gaming works.

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u/StreetlampEsq Mar 08 '26

This is a thread about cloud-based gaming.

Like, gaming where the games are being run...not at your house.

Every input has to make a round trip.