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A new service that lets users play PC games for free straight from a smartphone browser has appeared, sparking discussion on 5ch’s gaming board. While word is that the service supports 33 titles and appears to use a one-time purchase model rather than a subscription, skeptics piled on, noting that genres requiring tight input precision — like fighting games — are especially vulnerable to network lag, and questioning whether anyone would want to play for long stretches on a small screen.
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Amazing
Re: #3
You wouldn't call a limited-time free trial "free to play"…
You wouldn't call a limited-time free trial "free to play"…
All depends on the monthly price
If it's ¥300 or under, it's got a shot
Any more than that and it's a no-go
Game subscriptions just don't catch on in Japan
If it's ¥300 or under, it's got a shot
Any more than that and it's a no-go
Game subscriptions just don't catch on in Japan
Re: #9
Sounds like it's a one-time purchase, not a subscription
Sounds like it's a one-time purchase, not a subscription
33 titles lol
Come back and tell me once you've bumped that up about 1000x
Come back and tell me once you've bumped that up about 1000x
Re: #14
That's more titles than the PlayStation has lmaooooo
That's more titles than the PlayStation has lmaooooo
Nintendo fanboys ("buta") have started picking fights with PC gamers too now, calling them "PC cockroaches" (pasogoki, a slur combining "PC" with the insult usually aimed at Sony fans)
Re: #15
Lol, got played by an obvious troll
Lol, got played by an obvious troll
PC gaming's whole identity is built around the keyboard-and-mouse interface, so how's that supposed to work on a phone…
It might scratch the itch for a quick session on the go, but would you really want to keep playing on a tiny phone screen once you're back home…?
It might scratch the itch for a quick session on the go, but would you really want to keep playing on a tiny phone screen once you're back home…?
Re: #21
People mocked it the same way, but video content has already adapted itself to the small phone screen
People mocked it the same way, but video content has already adapted itself to the small phone screen
Honestly, nobody buys a gaming PC these days except Sony haters
Re: #26
Well, besides the Sony haters, nobody even owns a PS5 either lol
Well, besides the Sony haters, nobody even owns a PS5 either lol
PC gamers be like: "Optimization this! Crashes that!"
Re: #28
Once "Toukon" got cracked, the pirate version ran smoother than the devs' own broken official release lol
Once "Toukon" got cracked, the pirate version ran smoother than the devs' own broken official release lol
Wait, are you telling me you're gonna practice Rashid's air combos on this??
hahaha you Japanese are nuts! (mimicking a foreigner's broken "Nipponjin" accent)
hahaha you Japanese are nuts! (mimicking a foreigner's broken "Nipponjin" accent)
Re: #33
I wonder which is harder — practicing Rashid's air combos on this, or on the "Lag Station" (a dig at the PlayStation's input delay)
I wonder which is harder — practicing Rashid's air combos on this, or on the "Lag Station" (a dig at the PlayStation's input delay)
Subscriptions just don't suit most games to begin with
You don't burn through games in volume the way you do movies
You don't burn through games in volume the way you do movies
Re: #36
Those links only give you a couple frames of leeway, so a phone where you can't even tell exactly when your input registered is nothing but hell
Pretty sure Rashid's non-Rush judo throws only have a 1-frame window too, so it'd be basically unplayable
Those links only give you a couple frames of leeway, so a phone where you can't even tell exactly when your input registered is nothing but hell
Pretty sure Rashid's non-Rush judo throws only have a 1-frame window too, so it'd be basically unplayable
Re: #42
Funny how you carefully avoid mentioning the "Lag Station"! Full marks for that
Funny how you carefully avoid mentioning the "Lag Station"! Full marks for that
Re: #1
Is this for people whose religion won't let them use Game Pass?
Is this for people whose religion won't let them use Game Pass?
Re: #44
Only Xbox fanboys ("hako-goki") even bother with Game Pass anyway
Can't play a single Nintendo game on it
Only Xbox fanboys ("hako-goki") even bother with Game Pass anyway
Can't play a single Nintendo game on it
Tried it myself — since it's cloud-based the lag is brutal, no way action games are playable on this
Re: #46
By the way, have you tried it on Game Pass?
Cloud gaming lives and dies by your connection, so if Game Pass has the same problem for you, maybe it's your internet that needs a look
By the way, have you tried it on Game Pass?
Cloud gaming lives and dies by your connection, so if Game Pass has the same problem for you, maybe it's your internet that needs a look
Re: #48
As a fighting game player, a PS5 that restricts your input devices AND still has input lag isn't even on my radar
As a fighting game player, a PS5 that restricts your input devices AND still has input lag isn't even on my radar
Re: #51
Full marks, but shouldn't you have said that from the start?
Don't pull that third-rate-writer move of only trashing one side
Full marks, but shouldn't you have said that from the start?
Don't pull that third-rate-writer move of only trashing one side
Plenty of PC games already have tiny fonts as it is, and barely any of them are even playable on a phone
Even if you can bump the font size up, you can't make it big enough to actually read on a phone screen
And you can't install font-size mods on a cloud service either
Even if you can bump the font size up, you can't make it big enough to actually read on a phone screen
And you can't install font-size mods on a cloud service either
Re: #52
Same thing I noticed with the Switch — plenty of publishers just don't bother optimizing for handheld mode
Same thing I noticed with the Switch — plenty of publishers just don't bother optimizing for handheld mode
I don't want to play games on my phone, period
Re: #56
Agreed
Can't say I want to game on a tiny phone screen
Agreed
Can't say I want to game on a tiny phone screen
If it runs on a phone it'll probably run on a tablet too
Hook up a controller to that and you've got the ultimate setup
Hook up a controller to that and you've got the ultimate setup
Re: #68
This runs in the browser, so it's device-independent
This runs in the browser, so it's device-independent
"Playable" probably just means lightweight games
No way something as demanding as Monster Hunter Wilds runs properly through a browser
No way something as demanding as Monster Hunter Wilds runs properly through a browser
Re: #75
Huh, turns out "Nintendo fanboys" (buta) can post about something other than trashing Switch and Nintendo after all
Huh, turns out "Nintendo fanboys" (buta) can post about something other than trashing Switch and Nintendo after all
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Console Wars)) thread “[Great News] PCs Are Now Officially Obsolete — A Revolution Lets You Play PC Games Free on Your Phone.”
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