If you’re very young, you might have always lived with the idea of “the cloud,” but there was a time when it scared all of us. “Are my photos going to be in the ‘cloud’? And my videos? And my life, in general?” Oh no! Times have changed, and now the cloud is being considered not just as a storage space for photos but also as a place where you can play video games wherever you are, even if you don’t have your PS5 with you.
You are always in the clouds
What exactly does this ‘cloud gaming’ mean? Well, it’s quite simple to explain: it’s like Netflix. You click on a game, and then it plays from Sony’s servers without the need to download it. The company promises that you can play in 4K, 60 fps, and HDR if your internet speed is good enough, in addition to taking screenshots and recording video clips up to three minutes long.
And what games will be available to play starting from October 30th? Well, there will be big titles like ‘Spider-man: Miles Morales,’ ‘Resident Evil 4 Remake,’ ‘Horizon Forbidden West,’ ‘Ghost of Tsushima,’ ‘Mortal Kombat 11,’ or ‘Fortnite,’ among others. However, you’ll need to shell out for the premium version of PS Plus, which costs 16.99 euros per month or 151.99 euros per year. It depends on what you play, of course.
“All that being said, in Xbox Series S/X, cloud gaming is something they’ve known for years thanks to Game Pass. Moreover, other services like Nvidia’s GeForce Now offer it, and Netflix is already working on ways to make it globally popular. For now, it’s good to see that PS5 owners will also finally get a glimpse of what’s around the corner.
However, there are still many players who don’t want to switch to cloud gaming, not because they don’t believe in the future, but because… the gameplay quality is sometimes very low if too many people are trying to access it at the same time. Nevertheless, when they figure out how to make it work, could it be the first step towards a PS5 without a hard drive, solely for cloud gaming? No doubt.”
