Game streaming.
For years, gamers have been dreaming of being able to play their games on the crapper Okay seriously now.
No matter how comfy the couch, how ergonomic and spine-hugging the chair, how floppy and relaxing the beanbag, being chained to the big screen for your gaming sessions can be a little stifling at times. Sometimes people like a change of venue, while still enjoying the features and benefits of the full gaming rig. Handhelds and portable gaming devices are more flexible in that regard, but they have limited hardware and usually don't run big exclusives.
In comes game streaming, theworst best of both worlds! Run the big games on your big fancy hardware, but stream them to your more flexible portable device and play on the toilet anywhere*
*Some limits apply
But how important, how essential, how critical is this to people?
I know it's a neat feature to have, but do some devices take it too far?
We've had devices that support it but it's far from their main function (mobile phones, tablets, smart TVs, gaming handhelds), we have devices that are "focused" on it but are still capable of running their own stuff, like that Logitech thing, but now (or soon-ish) we will have devices dedicated to it as their sole purpose. Here's one.
PeakDo's gaming thing is a wireless gamepad and screen combo dedicated to game streaming. It uses their existing 60GHz wireless HDMI solution to minimize lag, and has absolutely no other features, options, bells, whistles or capabilities. No CPU, no storage, no OS, no independent operation. Its only purpose is to let you play games off your main hardware, but in another room.
And it's $500
I may be out of the loop here, but I just don't get it. You can get a device that supports game streaming on top of its other uses for way less than that. It's plug and play while most other devices require at least some level of setup, but is that really worth that much? It's low lag, low latency but a) is the extra millisecond worth it, and b) if you're really serious about high level gaming, I doubt you'd do it via streaming? Dunno, maybe that's just me.
Tell me. What are your thoughts on game streaming, how essential is it to you, would you spend $500 on a dedicated device?
No matter how comfy the couch, how ergonomic and spine-hugging the chair, how floppy and relaxing the beanbag, being chained to the big screen for your gaming sessions can be a little stifling at times. Sometimes people like a change of venue, while still enjoying the features and benefits of the full gaming rig. Handhelds and portable gaming devices are more flexible in that regard, but they have limited hardware and usually don't run big exclusives.
In comes game streaming, the
*Some limits apply
But how important, how essential, how critical is this to people?
I know it's a neat feature to have, but do some devices take it too far?
We've had devices that support it but it's far from their main function (mobile phones, tablets, smart TVs, gaming handhelds), we have devices that are "focused" on it but are still capable of running their own stuff, like that Logitech thing, but now (or soon-ish) we will have devices dedicated to it as their sole purpose. Here's one.
PeakDo's gaming thing is a wireless gamepad and screen combo dedicated to game streaming. It uses their existing 60GHz wireless HDMI solution to minimize lag, and has absolutely no other features, options, bells, whistles or capabilities. No CPU, no storage, no OS, no independent operation. Its only purpose is to let you play games off your main hardware, but in another room.
And it's $500
I may be out of the loop here, but I just don't get it. You can get a device that supports game streaming on top of its other uses for way less than that. It's plug and play while most other devices require at least some level of setup, but is that really worth that much? It's low lag, low latency but a) is the extra millisecond worth it, and b) if you're really serious about high level gaming, I doubt you'd do it via streaming? Dunno, maybe that's just me.
Tell me. What are your thoughts on game streaming, how essential is it to you, would you spend $500 on a dedicated device?