something that literally no one but corporations are interested.
I'm interested, assuming a reasonable price and performance level. Not having to have gaming PC plus being able to easily play a bunch of new games for a few hours without shelling out $60+ each are both things that sound interesting to me.
Then again I think the last physical game I bought was Europa Universalis III a decade ago, so physical copies haven't really mattered to me for a long time.
The problem is that the "avoid shelling $60+ each" idea continues to be a dream. Games are added only many months later when the first-week/month revenue well runs dry, and by then you'd probably find a good deal online. The gaming PC argument can work, but PC-based game-subscription streaming services usually end up running at mid-high graphical settings (OnLive did, at least), and you can build a PC nowadays to satisfy that at not a high cost. (But we'll see what Stadia ends up delivering)
The closest we got (if I remember correctly) was Darksiders 2 launching on OnLive at the same time as PC, but it was also a rental game rather than being part of their Netflix-style subscription PlayPack.
Hahaha why would you think prices would be reduced? i expect a rental price for service every month and a hefty surcharge to play the latest games asap(premium battlepass)
The gaming monetisation sphere has come a long way since EU 3
I think you would be interested in Shadow (shadow.tech). For under $40 you get a full Windows 10 gaming PC that gets upgraded. I've been using it for several months and it's pretty crazy. Maybe 5-10ms of added latency for Houston to Dallas servers, coincidentally this latency is 100% of why I die in online games.
I'm interested, assuming a reasonable price and performance level. Not having to have gaming PC plus being able to easily play a bunch of new games for a few hours without shelling out $60+ each are both things that sound interesting to me.
Then again I think the last physical game I bought was Europa Universalis III a decade ago, so physical copies haven't really mattered to me for a long time.