Been a thing for a while in Japan. Resident Evil 7 and some other games have cloud versions for Switch over there.
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Control Ultimate Edition (Cloud Version) is now available on Nintendo Switch
- Thread starter TameLucas
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5 minutes I'd never heard of it, now I'm playing Control on my Switch.
Sure could be an interesting future if instead of compromised ports publishers just put out cloud versions. It hampers the portability of the Switch, of course, but it's an interesting compromise over another.
Works as well for me as Stadia, which is to say quick to start and no stutter, and better than GeForce Now and other systems.
Sure could be an interesting future if instead of compromised ports publishers just put out cloud versions. It hampers the portability of the Switch, of course, but it's an interesting compromise over another.
Works as well for me as Stadia, which is to say quick to start and no stutter, and better than GeForce Now and other systems.
There should be better pricing for cloud games. This cost more than the pc version, which isn't cloud
its the ultmate version with all the dlc
they shadow dropped NMH1 and 2 on Switch
Plays really nicely in the performance mode. Of course, the enhanced graphics mode seemingly having RT is kinda wild, but also is way less smooth to play and you really can tell its streamed due to latency in that mode
Some publishers have been testing this in Japan since 2017 I believe (or 2018). This is the first time we're seeing it outside of Japan, though. Not a replacement for a native port, but a good alternative if you can't get it to run on the system otherwise (I imagine Control is definitely one of those titles lol).
Wow, half an hour after launch. That's pathetic.
I love the cloud streaming future! It moved once to 247 in 5 minutes before I closed the app
Yeah, if only you could play it instantly, like with 50GB download games on PS4/XB1.
I love the cloud streaming future! It moved once to 247 in 5 minutes before I closed the app
Just picked this up on PC a couple days ago, and loving it.
I'm definitely going to try it out on Switch for five minutes, just to see how well Cloud works.
I'm definitely going to try it out on Switch for five minutes, just to see how well Cloud works.
Wow the game started instantly (with loading screens inside the game) and I never saw a single hitch. Ran perfectly smooth. Got to Central Control and died twice when it finally ended. I'm usually very sensitive to input lag as well and I felt none where as with stadia and xcloud i felt it.
Oh I have that version on steam. Got it for 25 bucks when the steam version launched
The difference is obviously once its installed you don't have to wait in a queue to play a game. It's a dealbreaker when you have limited gaming time.
Well this will arguably be the peak time since it's a free download trial and was just announced...
Um.....wow. I just played the extremely short demo on performance mode, and I'm blown away. It looks to be a pretty stable 60fps, and the visuals are very good for a Switch game. I'm kind of in awe as I would never dream of seeing Control running on the Switch at 60fps. Too bad the demo is like 5 minutes long. I would have loved to see how the game runs when there's a lot of debris and particles flying everywhere. As it stands, it's absolutely impressive in performance mode. If this is a sign of cloud gaming on the Switch, I'm all in.
I quickly tried it in graphical mode as well, and woof. It runs very poorly, and doesn't look much better than in performance mode.
I quickly tried it in graphical mode as well, and woof. It runs very poorly, and doesn't look much better than in performance mode.
Yep, its 30fps with ray tracing in the Graphics mode. Cant quite recall the exact settings and pretty sure we cant even say what they are, but still pretty damn awesome. Pretty smooth streaming for me in Finland.
I was going to ask how this was going to work when trying to replay the game 2, 5, 10 years from now since you don't really have the game, just access to it. But the game is already unavailable for hundreds of people waiting in a queue?
Except once you download a game you can play it whenever you want.
It's not running on Switch, and you're not playing a Switch game. You're streaming it. It's still really neat, and I'm excited about what this means for the future.
Between this and Hitman it makes me wonder if Nintendo is opening up for game streaming worldwide. IIRC Resident Evil 7 was released this way for Switch but only in Japan.
It'd be interesting if they partner with Amazon or Google. Or hell, create their own service.
It'd be interesting if they partner with Amazon or Google. Or hell, create their own service.
As someone who runs a Switch gameplay focused YouTube channel, I can tell you that shadow drops happen weekly. Maybe not huge titles, but it happens every week. I love it!
Awesome that you've brought the game to Switch! Do you happen to know if you have any information about internet connection speed requirements published anywhere?
Thanks for confirming! Definitely awesome that raytracing is in and Switch owners will be able to experience it while playing the game.
This shit is fascinating, and I love that they're trying it. I hope they're (the royal "they") transparent about them minimum amount of time the cloud version will be available if you do buy it. As long as that's made clear, people can be comfortable making an informed buy.
This is bonkers, and I love it.
This is bonkers, and I love it.
Yeah, I was just editing my post to reflect that. Still, it's pretty incredible to see it running that smoothly with the Switch's rather poor wifi. I'm almost tempted to buy it.
That's my point. Right now is no guarantee that we would still have access to the game if the server were to shut down tomorrow for example. If you at least have in your HDD, there, you have it.
Tried it in graphics mode for a bit and while it's not the cleanest looking game, it's pretty nice. I think it looks cleaner than Doom actually. There's a pretty noticable input delay though not game breaking with my internet and no gyro aiming from what I've tried so far
Big move for Nintendo and in line with my expectations when they would roll Cloud version out in the west.
Giving Lite/OG users a way to experience these kind of games, probably gonna end up in a sub service for streaming games down the line as well.
Giving Lite/OG users a way to experience these kind of games, probably gonna end up in a sub service for streaming games down the line as well.
Why are you acting like this is alway gonna be this way and not just because there are millions of Switch out there and the service is probably being hammered by people trying it out asap.