I'm really surprised that none of the cool kids here comment about the astronomical ecological cost of such rigs.

Reminder: IT is responsible for nearly 4% of CO2 emissions worldwide [1]. Video streaming represents 60% of that [2].

In a nutshell, cloud gaming is like switching on an oven at full power with the door open. If a majority of people use that kind of solution, the catastrophic effects of global warming will be even worse.

The true problem is that we're not paying the real price of AWS and other cloud services. We're expecting our children to pay for the ecological impact.

[1]: https://theshiftproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Execu... [2]: https://www.dw.com/en/is-netflix-bad-for-the-environment-how...