--- title: Cloud gaming is kinda amazing | daily.dev description: Cloud gaming has matured significantly, following the same trajectory as music and video streaming. NVIDIA's GeForce NOW service now delivers impressive... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-gaming-is-kinda-amazing-ioz1h2ifr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cloud gaming is kinda amazing | daily.dev og:description: Cloud gaming has matured significantly, following the same trajectory as music and video streaming. NVIDIA's GeForce NOW service now delivers impressive... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-gaming-is-kinda-amazing-ioz1h2ifr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IOz1H2Ifr.png og:image:alt: Cloud gaming is kinda amazing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cloud gaming is kinda amazing **[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://daily.dev/sources/dhh)** · 3 min read · 108 upvotes · 49 comments ## Summary Cloud gaming has matured significantly, following the same trajectory as music and video streaming. NVIDIA's GeForce NOW service now delivers impressive performance, especially with the new native Linux client. For local networks, combining Apollo server software with Moonlight client enables streaming from a high-end gaming PC to any device in the house with zero perceivable lag, allowing ultra-settings gameplay on lightweight laptops while keeping them cool and power-efficient. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@akkitto** · 24 upvotes > Streaming as a fun addition? Yes. > Streaming to replace ownership in the sense of "you will own nothing and you will be happy"? BIG FAT NO! **@ja2024** · 22 upvotes > I do not have any thing productive to say. I like that game streaming is nice and improved, but I also do not want to completely move away from actually playing it and owning(I am using that term loosely as I know most if not all games are paying for the license to play the game not really ownership) it on your own hardware. I like you can stream your own stuff with moonlight apollo or steam link, but playing it locally is nicer. **@eoghanbehan** · 18 upvotes > Nope, don't start to normalise not owning anything. Clearly thats the push that is happening **@xghozt** · 15 upvotes > Nope. No it's not. It's not. Do not support this. We don't support cloud gaming. These companies are going to raise hardware prices and stop making consumer grade gaming hardware until eventually this is our only option. I refuse to use it and I'll tell everyone I know. **@project000** · 5 upvotes > Try to play an online shooter with it. You will change tune very quickly ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I self-host my PC game library with Moonlight instead of paying for a second PC or GeForce Now](https://daily.dev/posts/i-self-host-my-pc-game-library-with-moonlight-instead-of-paying-for-a-second-pc-or-geforce-now-hbqx33lfe) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I used Sunshine and Moonlight to build my own cloud gaming setup, and I don’t need GeForce Now anymore](https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-sunshine-and-moonlight-to-build-my-own-cloud-gaming-setup-and-i-don-t-need-geforce-now-anymo-xe8nvwji6) · XDA Developers · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [NVIDIA's GeForce NOW Will Allegedly Get Native Linux Support](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-s-geforce-now-will-allegedly-get-native-linux-support-ervbtqiam) · 80 LEVEL · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-gaming-is-kinda-amazing-ioz1h2ifr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Cloud gaming is kinda amazing","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-gaming-is-kinda-amazing-ioz1h2ifr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-gaming-is-kinda-amazing-ioz1h2ifr"},"datePublished":"2026-02-03T14:11:30.301Z","dateModified":"2026-02-03T14:11:48.168Z","description":"Cloud gaming has matured significantly, following the same trajectory as music and video streaming. 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I refuse to use it and I’ll tell everyone I know.","datePublished":"2026-02-04T17:32:15.965Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/IOz1H2Ifr#c-TZDtzdD46","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"XGhozt","url":"https://daily.dev/xghozt","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5670495?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":15}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Try to play an online shooter with it. You will change tune very quickly","datePublished":"2026-02-04T09:45:47.444Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/IOz1H2Ifr#c-cZLNC2Jox","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"WhateverYouWantitToBe","url":"https://daily.dev/project000","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}}]} ```