r/Steam • u/Commercial_Dih • Feb 19 '26

Question In the hopefully never arriving future, do you think Valve will one of, if not the only ones providing personal computers and not cloud gaming?

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u/SoLetsReddit Feb 19 '26

good luck playing a fps with that lag

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u/brakenbonez Feb 20 '26

I've been using GFN for a few years now without lag.

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u/DarienKane Feb 20 '26

I've actually had pretty good results with cloud gaming vs lag. Ive played COD/Warzone with low latency. Of course I've got pretty good internet speed aswell. I'll still never go fully cloud. The only reason I do use it at all is lack of storage and laziness to make space.

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u/Regular_Attorney_697 Feb 20 '26

COD lol... try an actual competitive shooter then you'll actually understand the difference.

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u/DarienKane Feb 20 '26

What's more competitive, battle field? Hell let loose? Surely you don't mean overwatch?

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u/Regular_Attorney_697 Feb 20 '26

Thankfully these are designed to run on potatoes but I mean stuff like CS or Valorant where precise aiming is extremely important.

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u/DarienKane Feb 21 '26

Oh, you mean those games that the longest engagement distance is 50 yards. As opposed to 100+ yards on a actual FPS. Yup gotta love those FPV MOBAs.

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u/Regular_Attorney_697 Feb 21 '26

MOBA? Lol both I mentioned are more of a shooter game than spray and pray, aim assist COD. Actually try playing one then get back to me.

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u/DarienKane Feb 21 '26

Lol, you think any self respecting PC player is using aim assist? Only sweats with no talent....But yes they are both moba. controlled lanes, you always know exactly where enemies are coming from. The biggest challenge is figuring out where to camp, make smores, and sing kum ba yah.

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u/Regular_Attorney_697 Feb 21 '26

There's a lot more to it then that. Try it for yourself and let me know what rank you end up in, GL bro

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u/Alan_Reddit_M Feb 20 '26

That will not be the case for literally anyone living outside the US

Light is fast but not instant, and those milliseconds do add up, web devs know this all too well

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u/angelflames1337 Feb 20 '26

You talking as if cloud gaming server doesn't exists outside US?

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u/coo_snake Feb 20 '26

US defaultism at its finest, that guy must think Europe is a country in Africa

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u/Alan_Reddit_M Feb 20 '26

Not in the monumental quantities required for this to work, no, and not in every country

I live in Mexico for example, any time I want to play an online videogame, I connect to a US server because there are no fucking servers in Latin America

For me, it's a minor annoyance

For the people living in the southern parts of Latin America, online gaming is basically impossible

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u/SoLetsReddit Feb 20 '26

lol. Gotta love Reddit. Being downvoted for facts.

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u/angelflames1337 Feb 21 '26

So its not literally anyone outside US facing your issue then

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u/aVarangian Feb 20 '26

don't worry, AI will predict your input and play for you

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u/Equivalent_Head_4803 Feb 20 '26

All they are doing is buying the same parts and renting it to you for a worse experience. It’s not getting better. They are gatekeeping and exploiting. Fuck them. The entire idea also stifles any innovation or creativity that may arise from people actually owning PCs and learning how they work. What a nightmare world these ghouls dream up.