What's the point of the Steam Link app?

[rignes]

The idea of the Steam Link app is neat but I don't really see it as being all that practical. Why would I want to stream my games to a puny phone screen or even a tablet which is smaller than most monitors? I get the idea of the app on a TV but I can't ever see myself using a phone or a tablet.

Maybe it's because I'm an older gamer and my eyes aren't what they used to be but I just don't get it. If I had no other choice it's an option but it would be the last thing for me.

Can anyone who uses it on their smaller devices let me know what they think and maybe change the mind of this old fuddy duddy? :)

[AndyCalling]

You could plug your phone or tablet into the TV though?

[EthicalPixel]

Or

He could plug his tv into his phone!

So much Options

Originally posted by AndyCalling:

You could plug your phone or tablet into the TV though?

[rignes]

I guess you could. If your phone supports HDMI out with the correct adapter. Seems like the Steam Link hardware would be better for that but I've never actually tried the app to see how well it works.

[ringhawk2000]

Beta seems to work alright for me on a device like Shield TV also playing on the big screen. I don't have NVIDIA but AMD card currently so it is a good alternative to Gamestream. Just have to work the bugs and performance out.

[Balderick]

Steam Link App can be used to stream cloud gaming vm like those offered by Paperspace, Shadow, Liquidsky and GCP, AWS, Azure and other IaaS/PaaS/SaaS providers

All this means no gamer needs to own any gaming spec PC hardware to enjoy the best of what PC gaming platform has too offer in 2018.

Steam Link App is a PC killer. Steam Machines and Steam Hardware are pretty much redundant. Steam Link was a bad joke.

Cloud gaming needs to be officially recognised by Valve as a fully supported way to access Steam games.

Steam Universe is expanding at amazing rate of knots.

Shield TV together with a Shadow subscription has replaced my more than vr ready PC. This totally fulfills what Jensen Huang and Nvidia announced at CES 2014, when Valve and partners were showing off Steam Machines. What was claimed was android, Tegra GPUs and Tesla GPU Accelerators were going to change everything. These are all evolving so fast it is funny to see gaming industry be so slow at even catching on to this global phenomenon.

I upgraded my GTX 980 Ti 6GB powered gaming rig to a Quadro P5000 cloud vm for less than £17. Unplugging my old gaming rig from the mains literally pays for my cloud gaming service subscription. My old GPU had 400W TDP.


Steam Link App works very well with cloud gaming vms. Have reckoned Shield TV is the most awesome Steam Machine available for many years, but now I know for sure I will never buy a gaming spec PC again, ever.

[Doze_D]

I tested this app one day and I found it actually rather cool feature to have. Now I can occationally play games in my bedroom before going to sleep. You can even connect bluetooth controller straight to the phone itself to use them, you don't need to be nowhere near of your computer, as the input is streamed as well. And you can shut off your PC with the app as well, when you're done.

[rignes]

Seems cool. I just don't see the point of playing PC games on a tiny screen. I guess it's personal preference.

Now the cloud gaming thing looks interesting though.

[♀⛤WitchyWoman⛤♀]

who the heck wants to play a pc game on a gameboy size screen (cell phone)...dumb idea I will stick to my lovely 2560x1440p 32"

[Doze_D]

The idea behind this is that you can essentially use your computer with different sort of screens. And besides, no one is saying that you should get rid of your regular monitor, I myself use that mostly, but sometimes I like to sit down into couch or lay around in bedroom to play something as well. It's like using PC as the powerhouse in your home, where the games will be processed and then the picture just is sent to whatever device you want to play it with, whether it's the traditional monitor, phone, tablet, TV or even a laptop.

[rignes]

It is nice to have options. Though, with the discontinuation of the hardware version of the Steam link it takes away the ability to use your existing TV if you don't alreayd own a link. Going this route i'd have no choice but to by an entire new TV just to play in my living room. Just seems silly to have to do that. Thoug, but the time my steam link dies I'll probably be ready to get a new TV anyway.

[LizTheKid]

My tablet has a built in projector. Why play on a puny monitor when you can play on 100" projection?

[Solarstrike]

Originally posted by ♀⛤WitchyWoman⛤♀:

who the heck wants to play a pc game on a gameboy size screen (cell phone)...dumb idea I will stick to my lovely 2560x1440p 32"

I'd play it on my Nintendo Switch screen if i could. Maybe there's a way? (besides Rainway)