Heavy games require dedicated hardwares such as graphics card to process the games or dedicated consoles like the Xbox or the Play Station is. All these hard wares and consoles are pricey. An upcoming technology called Game Streaming may be the solution for this. This technology is at its initial stages of development and soon this should be available around the globe in a year or two.
This technology is based on Cloud Computing. We can just play any video game on any device at any where provided, if we have a good internet connection. All the processing is done at data centers
located around the globe and the output is streamed to the client via the internet. This is also called
Cloud Gaming.
There are few companies which have started offering this services. Popular companies include Sony’s Play Station Now, Nvidia’s Geforce Now, Google’s Stadia and much more companies are coming up with this tech.
These game streaming services come up with a library of games with about 80+ games. And a user can use these services for free of cost or a subscription based service. Especially in Geforce Now, a free user can stream games only for an hour but a subscribed user can stream up 6 hours. And with Stadia, we can game just from our browser.
Depending on the internet speed the quality of streaming differs.
Nvidia recommends that a 50 megabits/second internet connection is required to stream games at 1080p at 60 fps. And Google claims to offer 4K game streaming in the upcoming years. Day by day our data speeds are increasing and soon this tech will be in use at many places. So, we can play any video game any where any time and in any devices with this tech
