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    Anything which is twitch-based (fighters, FPS etc) requires low-latency and is almost per definition unsuited to this kind of streaming based gaming. Anything else (slow sims, 4x games, turn...

    Anything which is twitch-based (fighters, FPS etc) requires low-latency and is almost per definition unsuited to this kind of streaming based gaming.

    Anything else (slow sims, 4x games, turn based, slower action things) can be done with streaming services if one accepts that sometimes you'll have to deal with hung frames/unresponsiveness.

    My father used this for a couple of months after his desktop was ruined by a flood and while the only multiplayer games he plays are the original Halo Combat Evolved and Insurgency, he didn't have any issues with the service while playing online

    I just cannot accept that statement knowing what I know about how games work and how networks/latency/input/etc work. FPS's and fast-action-required games have to deal with the speed of electrons coupled with network latency and streaming a full image/video feed instead of mere movement/position commands just cannot be done until we transition to optical fiber throughout the whole network.

    the network usage was very minimal,

    A simple calculation of fps and resolution calls bullshit on that claim.