Because people complained about the connectivity requirements. Unfortunately I don't think we are there still, infrastructure for a lot of areas will not support this.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I think the deal breaker was Gamestop fighting MS on their decision to allow users to sell their cloud games back for credit.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, people with crappy broadband could play... At something like N64-level settings and slideshow frames per second, even with "last-gen" games. Granted, streaming an entire game is more of a load on bandwidth than cloud hybrid or patches, but if it was really feasible for the masses even a year ago, Stadia might still be up today, but it's already gone. I would still rather be able to play a game I own on console without needing a persistent connection to play, as a cloud hybrid game may require. If there is still the option to play the game offline at lower settings, that wouldn't be so bad, but then you just know that M$ will be looking to monetize the cloud hybrid option: "play at full settings online for only $--- per month!"