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Chrome OS could be the new frontier for gaming… or not

Steam accounts sits at more than 120 million, with more than 62 million logging into the service on a daily basis. PlayStation Network has approximately 103 million monthly users as of September 2022. Beyond individual platforms, Statista puts the total count of ‘gamers’ at, almost half of the global population. If I do some quick maths right here, that means that about 0.67% of the world’s gamers are using GeForce NOW to play their favorite games.

I’m gonna say it right now from my experience with multiple cloud gaming services: these are some pretty damn conservative recommendations. I tried using GeForce NOW earlier this year on my 20Mbps rural internet and it was a painful experience. If you’ve never played a locally-installed game in your life, then younot notice a difference, but to a lifelong PC gamer like myself, the latency was small but there, and it was enough to make me want to rip my hair out.

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