Terrible News, Cloud Gaming is Good Now

Linus digs into Nvidia’s GeForce NOW in 2025 and comes away surprised: cloud gaming has finally leveled up to the point where you can stream big-budget titles like Indiana Jones, Borderlands 4, and Apex Legends with minimal lag and impressive visuals. He walks through his own high-end setup, runs side-by-side cloud vs. local tests, and sees almost no compromise in frame-rates or image quality.

Despite the tech win, there’s a catch—leaning on cloud services means giving up hardware ownership, risking subscription lock-ins, and putting your fate in Nvidia’s hands. In the end, cloud gaming is shockingly viable today, but whether it’s “good” for gamers (and the industry) is still up for debate.

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