Microsoft Xcloud and pc gaming?

[Windows Central Question]

Say you have a entry-level pc, like a budget laptop, but want to play high-end pc games, could you use xcloud to stream pc games or even to power your pc or maybe stream your pc games to mobile?

 

[Golfdriver97]

Welcome to the forums. In theory, streaming games is supposed to alleviate some stress to the user's PC.

 

[TechFreak1]

Welcome to the forums. In theory, streaming games is supposed to alleviate some stress to the user's PC.

lol, to put what Golfdriver97 said plain english - yes, you could in theory providing you have a decent internet connection as latency would be key issue in terms of performance and playability. For example, you don't want a situation where you press a button and it registers a second later - so take killer instinct for instance, everything must have been in real time otherwise you are at an disadvantage.

Also you may end up in a situation where you think you are winning, whereas on the flipside your competition may think he or she is winning which causes an input conflict which is generally resolved in a lag spike where everything happens all at once (quite literally).

So a decent internet connection is mandatory.

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