Cloud gaming currently offers a surprisingly high-quality experience that is very playable, despite inevitable trade-offs in latency and image fidelity compared to local hardware.
“It's improved a lot since the last time I used it and I'm on a mouse. I should try with a controller where it's even harder to tell how much latency there is. Do we have one? I wouldn't notice. Damn impressive.”
Linus Tech Tips · Nov 2025 · 3 episodes · 3.6M views on this topicHe argues that cloud gaming via Chromebooks makes little sense for people who want a serious gaming experience.
“In terms of these new laptops I feel like they make less sense than what stadia did because I think most people playing games on computers especially with really really great specs are generally looking to be a little more like zoned in less lag maybe even more competitive-esque stuff”
WVFRM Podcast · Oct 2022 · 1 episode · 604K views on this topicBob defends the viability of Stadia, arguing that its infrastructure is efficient and produces minimal latency for gaming.
“I don't get it I don't understand why so many people out there are so against stadia I can get not being behind google as a company but stadia works to this day I use it I love it it's so convenient”
Distractible Podcast · Mar 2022 · 2 episodes · 471K views on this topicStadia was a great service that likely failed because Google decided to spin off the technology instead of continuing to operate it directly.
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Distractible Podcast · Dec 2024 · 2 episodes · 471K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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