Hello, I(22F) am looking for alternatives for a high-end gaming setup. I currently have an average day-to-day use laptop and travel frequently so I'm unable to afford a very expensive pc/console with good GPU and CPU specifications.

I am planning to play heavy games (RDR, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, etc) in my current setup and willing to try VMs/Cloud solutions for the same. Are there any services who provide such facilities at a reasonable rate(pay as you play type)? NO subscription basis like GeForce!!!

Someone recently mentioned my Chrome extension in another post in this subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/GeForceNOW/comments/1vbspob/just\_some\_tips/) which was pretty cool to randomly come across, so I figured I might as well share it properly with some more details

Long story short, I was tired jumping between GFN and Steam. I checked other Chrome extensions out there, some of them were good some were not so good, anyway, none of them fit my requirements:

• to query GFN graph API and cache the data
• to have minimal visual footprint on Steam pages
• to not have features that I did not ask for
• to support Recommendations list screen on Steam

Thus, I developed my own. The extension:

• runs fully client-side, no tracking, no phoning home (there are no servers)
• lazily pulls games data in a background (service worker) directly from GFN GraphQL API
• uses sensible caching (24h)
• adds small GeForce NOW availability badges across Steam pages and Play now button on individual game pages

I tried to make the badges very minimalistic so they don't obstruct any of native Steam elements. The badges work on most of the Steam pages including the Homepage, Recommendation list, Search, releases Calendar, etc.

Home page

Recommendations list

On individual Games pages it adds a link to the games's GFN page at the top, so you could jump quickly to GFN to play the game (links to GFN website, as AFAIK GFN native app does not support deep-links)

Individual Game page

I developed the extension mostly for myself, but I've been keeping it updated and apparently other people are finding it useful too. If you use it and something is missing, broken, or you have an idea that would make it more useful, please share!

I have also decided to open-source it, so contributions are welcomed!

Website: https://gfn-steam-extension.xyz

Chrome store link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/GeForce%20Now%20Checker%20for%20Steam/hjdoenjhlobmeojekgckfkkbbplloklm

GitHub: https://github.com/vedmaka/gfn-steam-extension

I’ve been using GFN for a few days, and I’m using a Steam account from my friend, but there’s a problem. When I play a game, my friend also log into the account, so I get kicked out. That’s why I switch Steam to Offline Mode. However, since it’s in Offline Mode, my saves aren’t syncing to the cloud. Is there any way to switch the saves to local saves?

Current PC Build

I'm Canadian

5800X
3080 12gb
16gb ram 2666
5TB SSD
Built in a liquid cooled system

My system probably sits in between 1300-1500CAD value.

I see Boosteroid offering 14$/mth for their limitless Ultra Pro offering which features a 7900XT 20GB (probably higher now) and 32GB ram plus data centre connections to multiplayer servers.

However, I'm a tech guy, i liked modded games. I have 5 instances of private WoW, 4 separate installed of Diablo 2 mods and enjoy Tarkov (PVE)

That being said, about to be a dad of two, so convenience is more of a desire.

I also have a Macbook Pro M1 16/512gb, was hoping I could run Metal on that or even a Windows sideloaded OS on a separate drive as my main. Also a musician so that system would fit well.

Assuming 1300-1500,

It could buy me 8 years of Boosteroid
Similar with Nvidia GFN on sale promo
And I'm guessing some ShadowPC since the custom stuff I'm running is pretty low spec.

Pros:

Save space
Heat
Noise
Mitigate Risk
Mobile Access
Access to Better hardware

Cons:

Less control
No guaranteed access to all titles
Availability: No queues
Hardware Access
Customizability
Ports

What are your thoughts?

Well, looks like Netflix is reconsidering or at least streamlining its gaming arm.

Night School Studio, acquired in 2021, is canned effective immediately.

Also reports that they’re planning to close their Finnish studio Moonloot.

“A Netflix spokesperson <said> that it was focusing its attention more on party games, story-driven games, games aimed at children and titles with more mainstream appeal”

So more party slop games.

My PC broke last year in October and I'm not paid enough to buy a new one so I've been using GFN for a few months now and so far I find it quite okay. I really miss being able to mod games but the connection is reallt quite good.
GFN offers most of my steam library but 2 games I REALLY miss playing: Helldivers II and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Now I live in Germany and have a really good ping to Frankfurt. Should I switch?
Boosteroid offers nearly all other games I regularly play: Squad, Arma Reforger, Operator, Monster Hunter Wilds and Monster Hunter World Iceborne.

I also play WarThunder which isn't on Boosteroid but I can easily live without it.

The best option for me would of course be Shadow PC but I won't pay >30€ per month which I would need to do to get a rig with hardware strong enough to run the games I want to run.

Also, Boosteroid has a collaboration with WoT yet doesn't offer WoT HEAT, why?

I have an ROG Ally Z1 that I got second hand and I have really enjoyed playing docked with Luna Could Gaming at 1080p 60 FPS, but the library is limited. So…

My question to the community is, is it worth it to pay for Xbox cloud gaming ($15 or $23/month) if I don’t own an xbox? I would love the ability to play AAA titles at good picture quality and frame rates without having to pay for a Gaming PC or an XG Mobile. Would GeForce Now be worth it either?

I've temporarily shifted to another city and left my PC back home, so Im pretty new to cloud gaming.

One of the main reasons I prefer PC Gaming is the ability to install and run convenience mods on my games. Right now I have a pretty standard HP Pavillion on which I'd like to run games and the best option seems to be to use Cloud Gaming services.

Unfortunately, popular options like GE Force only let you run a list of pre approved steam games and not anything from third party websites.

Are there any good and reliable cloud gaming services that will let me run any .exe file on my laptop? Any help is appreciated

I’ve always been a hardware nerd. Still love my 120hz and limit input lag. And I believe cloud gaming is not the answer for replacing local hardware, however….

I spent the first 3 weeks on Forza Horizon 6 launch playing exclusively on xCloud. I own every vehicle outside of pay-to-play, mastered nearly everything you can on Horizon and Discover Japan. I beat countless players in Spec mode. All on xCloud. Zero issues with response or performance. I was a doubter but became a believer. This shit is perfect for vacation or on-the-road play.

I've been thinking about something that connects two trends that don't seem to be discussed together enough: the massive investment in AI data centers and the future of gaming.

As consumers, the current console model feels increasingly outdated. We spend hundreds of euros on hardware that eventually becomes obsolete, then buy games individually — often at €60–80 or more — and when the next generation arrives, we're expected to buy new hardware again.

At the same time, companies are investing enormous amounts of money in GPUs and data centers for AI.

So here's my question:

If AI demand eventually doesn't fully use all this GPU capacity, could some of that infrastructure be used for cloud gaming instead?

Rather than everyone owning an increasingly powerful console, imagine a subscription model:

TV / PC / phone + controller → cloud gaming service → remote GPU/data center → game streamed to you

You wouldn't necessarily need to buy a new console every 5–7 years. The hardware running the game would be in the cloud and could be upgraded continuously.

You could potentially have a monthly subscription that gives you access to a large game library, with games running remotely. More demanding games wouldn't require a more powerful console at home — the data center would simply use newer GPUs.

And this could potentially work particularly well if AI infrastructure became more flexible.

For example:

High AI demand:
GPU capacity → AI workloads

Lower AI demand / excess capacity:
GPU capacity → cloud gaming / rendering / other workloads

Instead of building completely separate infrastructure for AI and gaming, perhaps some of the same GPU infrastructure could serve different workloads depending on demand.

I realise cloud gaming already exists — GeForce NOW, Xbox Cloud Gaming, etc. — so the concept of streaming games isn't new.

What I'm wondering about is something slightly different:

Could the enormous GPU infrastructure being built for AI eventually become the foundation for a much larger, general-purpose cloud computing platform for consumers, with gaming as one of its major uses?

The biggest challenges I can think of are latency, geographic distribution, GPU virtualization, network capacity, game licensing and the economics of running thousands or millions of simultaneous gaming sessions.

I'm not an engineer, so I'm interested in whether this idea makes technical and economic sense.

Is anyone already working on this, or are there fundamental reasons why this wouldn't scale?