Like I said I never brought any of that up, others did and you along with it. I could post my quote again here but no one will probably read it just like the first time, and instead will continue to dig up other stuff I didn't post about and apply them to me. Although the complete irony that you bring up in your own words is how many complained about losing consumer rights from Microsoft's choices, and yet Playstation Now also takes away all those same consumer rights. In other words you no longer own the game, you no longer can resell them, you must be connected to play, if you aren't connected you can't play, you are only paying for a temporarily licence, even if you own the game you must pay again, etc. I somehow recall those very same principles causing extreme uproar when applied to a different company, yet here they are amazing and the right direction. Oh no but I won't say anymore because clearly that would be bias against Sony.
There were lots of worse case claim scenarios made by people here, even leading to discussions of "oh how bad my internet is", ping posts, and how the USA is the worst in the world even though I had 8mbps internet here in 1996. Those same people are the ones I'm talking about. Obviously if you lose one packet per day it won't affect you, but the cries of grief among forum goers here along with all the demonstrations of how bad their internet is and how they walk uphill to work both ways, those people are who I'm talking about that can't use this service. I'm not talking about edge case people whose ping drops from 20ms to 22ms, I'm talking about the people that were up in arms because their internet was so horrid.
Of course bandwidth comes into the discussion! Game streaming has nothing to do with skype, and especially nothing to do with Netflix. The only reason Netflix is able to provide acceptable quality is because it's not real time, it's buffered, so all the peaks and valleys in your bandwidth get absorbed. In other words once you start watching the movie, when your bandwidth is faster than needed Netflix can buffer more video, that way when your bandwidth dips down it's ok because you are still watching from buffered data.
Video game streaming is an entire different beast. It's real time meaning you need *consistent* bandwidth. Given the low latency requirement it can't buffer anything, it has to be able to stream you video consistently all the time. Anyone that uses cable modem internet may have 5mbps+ of service but that won't mean anything because for cable modem services, and many other internet services, that bandwidth is not guaranteed it's shared with other people on your block. Yeah you may get 5mbps sometimes, but if your neighbor starts torrenting tv shows then your bandwidth may drop to 2mbps. Streaming video games via internet is the most unforgiving form of streaming there is. More so than online gaming which you can hide latency with various tricks, more so than skype which you aren't interacting with and crappy quality is still acceptable, more so than Netflix that can be buffered, etc.
Video games need it all, good bandwidth, consistent bandwidth, low latency, *all* the time. If you don't have that all the time it won't work acceptably. If your ping fluctuates a lot then you will have playability and response issues, it's not like skype where some delay doesn't matter. If you are using a shared internet service then your image quality may suck and or be unusable at times, it's not like Netflix that can buffer around that. If there is network congestion anywhere from you to the server it won't work, such things can't be hidden like with Netflix. If you have bandwidth caps then don't bother even trying. And if your internet is just all around bad as so many here have claimed, then good luck.
A lot of people fall into the above category certainly judging from their posts here, maybe even you. Your 8mbps may not be guaranteed for all you know, it may be shared. Again go back and read peoples posts, and then read what they are saying now. Really many of these people cheering now shouldn't be because they won't be able to use this. That what I was saying all along, again I made no mention of discs, drm, and all that even though I'm sure more will keep bringing that up.
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