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I just cannot rationalize getting him any gaming equipment. He could manage Stadia, juuuust barely. He frequently cannot figure out his cell phone. He is basically a ludite. My mom had to stand there and turn Stadia on on the tablet for him... I was considering Shadow but it's just too complex too.

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GeForce now works pretty well. I use it for gaming while traveling and haven’t had too many issues

GeForce Now is working great for me. But for this person's dad, it probably wouldn't work well at all. The interface is cluttered with game icons. Which is fine for me. But someone averse to tech would probably find it confusing & overwhelming.

Those icons are just games, aren't they? The first row is "my library". Make him a Steam account with just a few games and he can just launch them directly from that row.

Be warned though, Red Dead Redemption is not available on Geforce Now. Maybe someday... they just started integrating Microsoft Game Pass games onto GFN, so maybe RDR is on the backlog there somewhere.

GFN is much simpler in complexity. It's comparable to Stadia, though not QUITE as slick because it still goes through Steam. It is, however, a WHOLE lot easier to use than Shadow.

If you get him the desktop app (which is optional) and link it to his accounts and such, from then on he just opens GFN and clicks on the game he wants to play and that's it. No OS or updates or maintenance or anything like that to worry about.

Edit: Be warned though, Red Dead Redemption is not available on Geforce Now. Maybe someday... they just started integrating Microsoft Game Pass games onto GFN, so maybe RDR is on the backlog there somewhere.

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