![]() ![]() In the past I have had an extra (older) computer beside the TV that I used for casual gaming. In any case, I am of course not a big fan of being tracked and anything I can set up with my own infrastructure at home, I try to do! This has slightly different implications, but I dont’ want to discuss these further, because I haven’t used any of them and likely won’t in the future. Other services like GeForce Now and Blade Shadow provide computation and streaming infrastructure but leave it to you to provide the games (manually or via gaming platforms). They have all the benefits and problems discussed above. It was only a matter of time before video-gaming would also become part of the streaming business and there are now multiple contenders: Google Stadia and Playstation Now are typical “streaming services” like Netflix for video the games are included in the monthly fee. I suspect that at some point this data will be more valuable than the income generated from subscription fees, but this is not important here. You risk losing access to all content when the subscription is terminated.Īnd – often overlooked – they monitor you very closely: what you watch/listen to, when and where you do it, when you press pause and for how long etc. On the other hand, they usually force you to use software that is non-free and/or not trustworthy (if they support your OS at all). They provide access to a lot of content at a fixed monthly price (especially useful for people who haven’t had the possibility to build up their “library”).This includes all devices of the user, not just a single (desktop/laptop) computer.They make content available on hardware that wouldn’t have the capability to store the content.In my opinion they address the following problems very well: The big “cloud” streaming services for audio and video are incredibly convenient. (The computer in the above photo is not used any longer.) Motivation The process of getting there is not trivial or flawless, but gaming itself works perfectly without artefacts or lag. On the TV I then play the game with my flatmate using two controllers: one Xbox Controller connected via USB, one Steam-Controller connected via Bluetooth. I describe how to stream a native Windows game ( Divinity Original Sin 2 – installed DRM-free from GOG) via Steam Remote Play from my Desktop (running Devuan GNU/Linux) in 4K resolution and maximum quality directly to my TV (running Android). In this blog post I present the solution I built at home to replace my “living room computer”. Most options are “cloud-gaming” services based on subscriptions where you don’t own the games and are likely to be tracked and monetised for your data. With increasing bandwidths, live-streaming of video games is becoming more and more popular – and might further accelerate the demise of the desktop computer. ![]()
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