Gadgetory

with gaming it usually involves a console like a ps3 or computer and the software like a disk or cartridge but what if you could skip all that and stream your games to any device with cloud gaming the games are streamed from a server to your device in real time that means you'll never need any special hardware to play the games you love and the games are never stored on your computer or mobile device game saves settings and even updates all those things happen in the chi let's take a look at one of the leaders in cloud gaming on live after downloading the online software on your computer and mobile devices like this android tablet you can instantly demo games or purchase and play the complete versions controls happen on screen and considering the app has to send these motions to a server somewhere and back to my device it's surprisingly fast especially now these on-screen controls do take some getting used to so if you're a gamepad kind of person online does have a universal controller that's compatible with a few Android devices and some computers you can plug it into your computer or parent with your tablet over Bluetooth it does get laggy sometimes but it's the next best thing to a gaming console when you're on the go sky-high which means open ocean in Japanese is also playing the cloud game but instead of offering full games it only offers demos the idea is that you can try a game by playing it online before buying the full version that's a big deal when the price of popular games usually starts somewhere around 50 bucks you can see the showcase of game demos on guy Kai's website and play them on your computer but the tech isn't available for mobile devices just yet gaikai and online are two examples of platforms that bring high-quality pc games to all of your devices and stream them to you on the fly one well-known company has been using the cloud to drive gaming and they've become the one-stop portal for dedicated gamers steam which is created by the company valve lets you download full games but it uses minimal drm or digital rights management so you can redownload that game on multiple machines with steam installed mobile gaming not yet but with steams mobile app you can chat with gamer friends and purchase games on the go so if you want pc games on any device give cloud gaming a tribe but don't get rid of your consoles just yet if you have any questions or comments hit me up on Twitter or always on at cnet com