Talk:Cloud gaming

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 17:53, 16 January 2022 (UTC) Italic textBold text== Merge with Gaming on demand == I propose that this article be merged with Gaming on demand. spiritslayer (talk) 17:43, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

I think gaming on demand should be merged here, as this is clearly the better article. Is there even any information on the other one that isn't already on this one and expanded upon here? Silverseren^C 22:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

What is "Cloud Gaming?" 24.128.49.24 (talk) 03:35, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

@24.128.49.24: Yes, the article could do a better job of explaining it. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 13:06, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

a few thoughts on this article. "gaming on demand" is ultra vague and sounds a lot... a lot a lot like microsofts "games on demand". infact, the way its explained, its not any different from something like steam, except that you can play as it loads... and other games, like world of warcraft for instance, have offered services like this for years. so it needs a name to reflect what it actualy does... unless you have a hilarious reference that "gaming on demand" has been ordained by the big 4.

the other thing, offsite computers/servers/whatever that run the game/software/whatever that just take input and output video(or maybe even vibration ques...) via wifi/shreknet/whatever... that's just remote computing. a topic that has its own small page. i think i get that this is partly about the remarketing phenomena of "the almighty cloud"... but how about some links to related pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:836A:390:C817:183:4AA1:A97F (talk) 15:35, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Better clarification of types

There's three separate tables of services, currently entitled "Cloud gaming services (Gaming as a Service (GaaS))", "Game streaming systems" and "P2P gaming services". I presume that this is supposed to correspond with the different types of services listed in the "Types" section. The only problem is that the types of the table don't correspond to the types listed. Most notably, the phrase "Game Streaming" only appears in the table title, and not anywhere else. To add to the confusion, the types sections seems to keep using different distinctions and terminology, and it isn't clear if these are different ways of referring to the same thing, or additional (mutually exclusive) subcategories, or an independent axis of classification. Some more organization of the different types (and more consistent use of terminology) would make things clearer. -- 129.59.122.107 (talk) 14:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose to merge Games as a service into Cloud gaming. I think that they are basically the same thing, and the result will still be a reasonable size after duplication is removed.

Also it is wrong. it says "The idea of games as a service began with the introduction of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) like World of Warcraft," but if you read Online console gaming you will find many earlier examples.

Finally, nobody calls it "Games as a service" except for marketing departments who want to sell it to you. Sometimes it is called "Live service games"[1] but more often "cloud gaming". 15:37, 24 December 2020 (UTC)2600:1700:D0A0:21B0:9879:3EFD:AF55:AB77 (talk)

• Oppose GaaS and cloud gaming are very different things. GaaS involves any means that a company can provide a game or part of a game as a service model to achieve recurring revenue. It is not just about online gaming. --Masem (t) 15:42, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Two totally different things._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 06:41, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
• "'Oppose"' Absolutely not. Two totally unrelated things — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddytheeditor622 (talk • contribs) 06:27, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Addressing non-neutral POV in Background section

The Background section of this article suffers from a non-neutral POV. The inherent qualities of Cloud Gaming are referred to as "built-in barrier to entry" and as a "set of restrictions". Further, it describes any benefits as "purported", which carries an overtly negative connotation. There are a few other poor choices of language, and I think this page can be improved. Mastodon tusk (talk) 01:52, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Redirect tag?

What is the redirect tag for this term, Cloud Gaming? I don't think it exists yet. Would like to use it in legends table in list pages. For example, Blacknut is a cloud streaming service for gaming. A generic redirect tag can apply to all similar services like GeForce Now, etc. Although, Amazon Luna has its own tag (Luna, I think). ObiKKa (talk) 20:59, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Recent advances update

Hi

I am with Boosteroid (my account has the COI statement). I propose adding the information about a 10-year deal Microsoft made with Nvidia and Boosteroid. It was a significant milestone in the cloud gaming industry with long-lasting ripple effects. Among other things, the deal also impacted the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft (as part of the antitrust settlement).

https://www.engadget.com/microsofts-game-pass-now-supports-boosteroid-a-third-party-game-streaming-service-194437608.html - this article mentions the antitrust case directly

https://venturebeat.com/games/nvidia-and-microsoft-ink-10-year-deal-bringing-xbox-games-to-geforce-now/ - this article is about the deal with Nvidia

Also, I suggest changing the section name to something like "Important milestones" - the section includes events from more than 10 years ago already.

Thank you for your consideration.

MeisterTera (talk) 13:06, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

No, we're not going to use this article as a venue to promote Boosteroid. MrOllie (talk) 13:08, 8 October 2024 (UTC)