Linus Tech Tips explains why game streaming isn\u2019t the future Linus Tech Tips\/GooglePopular tech YouTuber Linus Tech Tips sat down with four different game streaming services to test them out, and discovered why the concept probably won\u2019t be replacing your console or PC anytime soon. Game streaming services offer players a way to play a game without having to download or install the software, as long as you have a powerful enough internet connection, that is. Linus and tech writer James Strieb tried out the NVIDIA GeForce Now, Google Stadia, Project xCloud for Xbox, and PS Now for PlayStation, but in the end determined it all came down to which games you want to play. Both the Stadia and GeForce came with a small amount of input lag, but Linus admitted if he were just an average gamer, he probably wouldn\u2019t be able to notice it. When it comes to graphics, NVIDIA definitely had Google beat, with the Stadia\u2019s rendering of Destiny 2 not impressing the YouTuber or his partner at all. The fact that Stadia will eventually have its own exclusive games didn\u2019t seem to win over Linus either. \u201cAm I going to care about them?\u201d Linus asked, after Strieb told him about the Stadia\u2019s supposed upcoming exclusives. \u201cGive them time,\u201d Strieb replied with a laugh. \u201cHey if Google doesn\u2019t cut this program like they do all their other ones, maybe it\u2019ll end up being good some day.\u201d Next up was Project xCloud, which was the only service to rely completely on WiFi since you use it on your phone. xCloud offers a number of Xbox titles to stream on your phone, including HALO. Other than a few stutters and discovering that HALO wasn\u2019t meant to be played on a tiny smartphone screen, Linus didn\u2019t seem to have any majors issues with it. If you have anything less than amazing WiFi however, things might be a different story. PlayStation now is the oldest of the game streaming programs that were reviewed, and it\u2019s only available on PC (or PlayStation 4, obviously). It doesn\u2019t offer the highest quality graphics, but it\u2019s library of over 800 games from PlayStation 2, 3 and 4 make it worth the subscription price, according to Linus. While each of the services offers their own pros and cons, Linus made it clear straight away that they\u2019re still no match at all for your console or PC. If you don\u2019t have a physical console you can access then streaming services might be able to do the job, but as we mentioned before, which one you choose all comes down to which games you want to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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