30 (I assume USD) a month for a high end pc? You also need high end WiFi to actually use the full performance of the system…
Low end PC’s are so cheap if you need a secondary one for something else, hell, even the Amazon Cloud computers are OK enough to do simple tasks.
In my eyes there’s no spot in the market for this shit. It just frustrates me that people could take the 30 dollars a month and put it towards their own system that they can use whenever they want, for as long as they want (there are time restrictions if you read the smaller print below each system)
Plus, to use it for an extra hour it’s a 1.25.
It’s a glorified laundromat.
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I can see use cases for these but I doubt there’s enough people paying for these for this business model to actually be profitable. It’s gonna take like 30-50 months just to recoup the cost of one of these PCs? Assuming retail prices and not bulk discounts.
Edit: ouch, 3-5 hour limit? That dramatically reduces the worth of these things. Can’t even use them for AI training or 3D rendering.
Edit 2: Cant respond to the BBC fellow, but this screenshot literally shows “bare metal” probably meaning that this is a real PC and not a virtual enviroment running off a server rack. And there’s no server equivelant of the 7800X3D anyways. The server CPUs might have the cache and cores but not the speed. Lower tiers will most probably be server equipment similar to GFN.
quite a few people actually. knew a lot of people who used these. super casuals tho.
“You also need high end WiFi to actually use the full performance of the system”
Just use cable. These types of things are very latency sensitive. Cable>wifi even if you get the best most expensive wifi card in the world.
“In my eyes there’s no spot in the market for this shit. It just frustrates me that people could take the 30 dollars a month and put it towards their own system that they can use whenever they want, for as long as they want (there are time restrictions if you read the smaller print below each system)”
You could rent an actual server.
I really hope no one buys that crap
https://preview.redd.it/ktaqd0se9trd1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51d1c7f46e54d3ca90506d5d6e32b4df6549a907
You will own nothing and you will be happy…
The motto of delusional companies
Cloud gaming will never be a thing unless it’s literally dirt cheap or free. Very rare use-cases, but not a business
If it wasn’t for that 5 hour limit, I would use it for Blender.
There could be a market for it if it is accompanied by some PVP FPS, because such a system should be very resistant to hacks, a cancer of many games.
However, FPS PVP is also very sensitive to latency issues. And before it becomes popular, it would have to be free + paid cosmetic items.
But I can see a future for it.
$1.25 for the cheapest way that could be assembled is still about 1700 hours. It would take 2.5 months of the system being used 24/7 for the initial cost to be recovered. You’re looking at 4 months before 24/7 usage would become slightly profitable. Then you would need to be able to fix these PCs. There’s just no money in this.
The worst part is it uses Linux Mint. Means most multiplayer/anticheat games won’t work unless it works on Proton.
Best to use Shadow if you need a pc like this.
2 hours a day for 30$ is crazy. Just use GFN
The same people that finance a $2000 couch for $8,000 from Aarons
Wanted to post an edit but I don’t think I can edit posts.
So; EDIT:
Go watch the South Park “Asspen” episode and you can connect some dots between this and “Asspen”
You get a tiny taste of the rich life, but then it’s taken away
I don’t think people do pay for these. The companies offer it because they’ve invested heavily in GPU cloud and are trying to maximise returns and explore ways to drive more value out of their investment.
AMD.
Sorry buddy, but just because something is not aimed at you doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a market lol.
Pretty childish rant.
“X-as-a-Service” models are *ridiculously* profitable.
If you quit your rental after a year, they’ve made $200 out of you for a really quite mid-spec PC AND they can give it to someone else while you’re not using it. You don’t get “a PC” here, you get access to whichever one of the many they have is available. Syncing user profiles isn’t difficult.
You only get 6 hours assigned a day, and only 2 of those (on the $20 plan) are at the peak gaming times.
They’ll be probably doing a 5:1 to 10:1 contention ratio with time allocations like that, meaning a single RX 6700/5800X PC is making them $1,000 to $2,000 a year. If there’s nothing available when you want to play, they’ll throw “$20 of time credit” or refund a month or something at you and you’ll think you’ve come out ahead!
And…of course… it’s a “cloud gaming” thing. Input lag will be astronomical for most people. Not only does your local input and networking stack add to latency, the remote rendering back end’s latency (and video encoding to send you the stream!) is added, *and* the round-trip network route between you and them.
This will be 20-50ms of total input lag, giving you a big disadvantage in competitive FPS games.
same people that use door dash to bring them food that is 5minutes away. People bad with money
Under the right conditions I’d consider a gaming-pc-as-a-service model
– 99%+ reliability
– 90%+ of the performance when compared to a desktop with same specs.
– No queuing
– 24/7 access for a fixed price
GeForce Now is probably the closest, but they’re still not there.
With the limited hours it’s essentially a PC timeshare
Idk how they expect to sell that with a 3 hour a day limit. It just makes more sense to buy a new pc on a monthly payment plan. Unless you only wanted this to play one game for a month or something.
NGL I thought it was saying I could get that combo on monthly payments and I was like fuck it, sign me up
Just some napkin math but presuming the gaming hours suited you and a similar high end system would set you back £1000 then it would take you 33 months to- 2.75 years to break even. At that age (had you bought a PC) you might be looking at a next gen graphics card upgrade which at current price points is another 20 months worth of subscription.
So assuming the hours work for you it’s honestly not a bad price when compared to making a purchase
It’s like with anything, if people can finance they will one way or another lol
I mean, I used to go to a shop and pay to play on a gaming PC for an hour or two. Cost more than I care to admit, although at least the others there could be fun to hang out with.
But, I’m probably older than the average redditor.
Are they renting the PCs out? I can see people doing that honestly.
1.25/ hour…. Could afford more than my current PC with my Satisfactory playtime ALONE,