Just watched Jayz video on a new cloud gaming service from Leap Computing. Would you consider using this service (if client is available for Linux) to play games not available on POL or native Linux?
I am writing a letter to them with a bunch of questions right now and linux is the first thing. I think this could be very useful for running windows only titles or future dx12 titles in linux without having to dual boot or vm. If it were supported and they improved the crappy resolution and aspect ration then I would certainly pre order try it for a few months.
Onlive tried cloud gaming it didn't work. GPUs arent scalable enough for that.
i actually tweeted at LeapComputing and they said they will have a linux client
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Just saw on Jayz twitter that it is available for iOS/Android/Linux.
Did you watch the video?
I also asked about win10 upgrade and the possibility of a portable version of the client. I how well this would run on a linux intel compute stick plugged in to a TV. That is the only screen in my house that wouldn't be letter boxed.
What's stopping it turning out the same way OnLive did...
Sad part is Onlive wasn't that bad. I played Dirt 3 Demo through OnLive.
OnLive only did cloud gaming. that was their entire business. LeapComputing has other avenues of revenue coming into the company that would make them a more expensive buy for Sony.
OnLive have been dying for years.
It brings to an end a troubled five years of service.
In 2012, many of OnLive's staff lost their jobs when the company was sold to a venture capital firm after running up about $40m in debt.
exactly. LeapComputing has other ways to keep the company running even if this doesnt pan out. worst case they shut down the service and say well that idea didnt work
I could see schools or businesses using a service like this instead of purchasing high end machines for labs or departments.
Yes. It is an interesting service I'll give it that, if they can get low enough tiers that I can see them getting a fair few subscribers.
Do people really want to rent their computers though?
@Kai With how fast tech can depreciate maybe. Although my 2500k is still enough for me now 5 years after release.
i think the cost here will be a very important factor. they have to get it down to about ten or twenty dollars a month before i can really even consider looking at it. and thats before their 50% discount thing.
i partially see that happening. the reason why i dont is kind of cost. at some point i bet the cost of renting these machines is the same or more than simply buying some computer parts and building some systems. at what point that is, i dont know.
If this runs on Linux and has a low price tier than even I may pick it up.
Frankly for me I only need a 750Ti (hell, a 550Ti is my current card and it's fine!). I don't need no Titan. Just something capable of running the latest games at decent settings and a decent FPS.
thats where i am too. a low enough cost, 10-20 bucks a month, that can simply give me 60fps with reasonable settings. then this is a viable option for "ditching" windows. not truely ditching it...but...eh
I am reminded of the argument against sports cars or motorcycles that asks where are you supposed to put your children or groceries?. To which I reply, you are not the target audience.
This service does not do a good job at replacing a modern mid to high end desktop pc running windows when factoring in the cost overhead and latency. However this could be an excellent service in many different scenarios if it works as well as advertised.
- You could use this to run windows games and software on linux.
- This could extend the life of hardware for someone who can't afford new right now or perhaps is waiting for skylake etc.
- A student could get a lot computer horsepower on the cheap while in school.
- Someone could have a more robust gaming experience while traveling with a cheap laptop or possibly even a tablet.
- If they make a portable client you could use it to fuck off at work.
- Bring pc games in to the living room without buying a new system.
- A power user could use this for heavy computation without bogging down his workstation.
- A content creator could edit video in the field with a full workstation.
Having said that I do agree that $60 is high and I don't think I would be onboard at that price.
The 60 bucks per month is a bit high....But if the price was 29 as in the launch offer I can see it taking off for people that prefer to have a more business laptop/desktop and not give th money for a mid/high end computer.
My only questions would be security (and possible data monitoring) and if you can run your own games on the cloud platform or are the games provided by the service? Did jay say antyhing in the video about it and i missed it?