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Shadow: Enter The Hive - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited December 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageShadow: Enter The Hive - MMORPG.com

When I met up with Emmanuel Freund, a Mists of Pandaria mousemat hugged the corner of his demo desk. It turns out that the co-founder and CEO of cloud gaming service Shadow had been logging into World of Warcraft since the early days of beta, although nowadays he calls it ‘testing’ rather than ‘playing’. Freund had stopped off in London on his way to Shadow World, a fan celebration and chance to share upcoming new features.

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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    This is exactly the kind of thing I want to see keep happening in tech. Honestly, the idea of a "Virtual Console/PC" you can access anywhere is where we should be headed.
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  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,404
    Sounds like a good idea the access part and easier to monetize too.
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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    I've always wanted to log into a high end game with just a tablet or cell, do some crafting or just check to see how I was doing on the auction house, or just to feed my horse :-) This brings those things a bit closer.
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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565

    Octagon7711 said:

    I've always wanted to log into a high end game with just a tablet or cell, do some crafting or just check to see how I was doing on the auction house, or just to feed my horse :-) This brings those things a bit closer.



    Right? With a mifi controller, I could play just about anything from anywhere.

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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    Hey @gazimoff - did you try it on your phone with a simple 4G signal? Did it work well?

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  • Whiteshade92Whiteshade92 Member UncommonPosts: 95
    Everyone is on Discord. No body is going to use this for gaming community.
  • XImpalerXXImpalerX Member UncommonPosts: 606
    $34.95 a month? I get that it would be awesome to play any game at max settings, but at that price you could just save $34.95 a month for a year and have $420 to upgrade your current PC...and just play the games you want.
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  • GazimoffGazimoff Staff WriterMember UncommonPosts: 225

    BillMurphy said:

    Hey @gazimoff - did you try it on your phone with a simple 4G signal? Did it work well?



    Yep, I've managed to play Destiny 2 over 4G on a Oneplus 6 with an Xbox One bluetooth controller. It works fine while static, but I wouldn't suggest bouncing between cell towers too much.
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  • GazimoffGazimoff Staff WriterMember UncommonPosts: 225

    Whiteshade92 said:

    Everyone is on Discord. No body is going to use this for gaming community.



    You're missing the point. This isn't to replace Discord.

    The Hive platform is for people who already have Shadow, and just want to share their picture with a friend on a one-to-one basis. It makes Shadow more useful, but that's it.
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  • RukushinRukushin Member UncommonPosts: 311

    XImpalerX said:

    $34.95 a month? I get that it would be awesome to play any game at max settings, but at that price you could just save $34.95 a month for a year and have $420 to upgrade your current PC...and just play the games you want.




    I wish I could agree with you and I think you'd be right maybe a year ago, but with current tech pricing. And...certain taxes...that may be coming to the US. $420 really wouldn't do as much as you would think. At least not for playing games on all high settings.

    You can barely buy a video card that would play Shadow of the Tomb Raider on high for that much. If you needed Mobo, RAM, CPU you'd barely be able to scratch something brand new from that.

    Used market though maybe...
  • GazimoffGazimoff Staff WriterMember UncommonPosts: 225

    XImpalerX said:

    $34.95 a month? I get that it would be awesome to play any game at max settings, but at that price you could just save $34.95 a month for a year and have $420 to upgrade your current PC...and just play the games you want.




    You're missing the point. Shadow isn't intended to replace the gaming desktop. Instead, it's supposed to turn a low-spec laptop (like a cheap $200 BestBuy special), or a tablet, or a smartphone, into something that plays your PC games.

    For some people who spend most of their game-time on a high-end rig at home, that's not really useful. But for those of us that travel a fair bit, or who want more flexibility about where they game, it's the perfect solution.
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  • exile01exile01 Member RarePosts: 1,089
    The next gen Consoles are gona be exactly like this. There is no way around undless miracoulously somone build a bio-cpu or qantum cpu the next 3 years for consumers. Ressource-wise this makes alot more sense, then everyone owing hardware- wich is also take alot of natural ressources to be build- where a server is spcified for that aand while you sleep and your "station" is off- somone ells will use that horsepower. So its alot more efficient.
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