PARSEC GAMING REVIEW SOFTWARE

It gave us the idea that it may actually be possible to stream games with low enough latency if you were to build software specifically for that purpose. Did this inspire your vision with Parsec, making it more universal for users?īenjy Boxer: We were inspired to build Parsec based on this blog post. Also, they seem to have two distinct platforms, one being for computers and the other for their NVIDIA Shield. Q: NVIDIA has been doing something similar with GeForce now for a little bit, but their PC/Mac pricing scheme seems a bit aggressive. Parsec is great for people who have gaming PCs because it gives them the power to do new things like co-play. Perhaps more importantly, you can invite friends to co-play games or watch you play games for virtual hangouts and reliving the old days of couch gaming. So if you have your gaming PC at home, you can remotely access it. We offer a streaming software and platform that can be used on any gaming PC. With that being said, Parsec is not like other cloud gaming companies. We feel very strongly that we have made the right decisions to deliver the lowest latency possible for streaming games over the internet – we built our own networking protocol to reduce latency further.

Some gamers may not notice a significant difference when using Parsec, but that depends on your game and distance from the cloud machine. You can save substantial money playing this way and depending on your games and perception to lag, not feel much of a difference versus a PC at home. However, our goal is to provide casual gamers (those who spend less than 8 hours a week gaming) with the ability to experience PC gaming without having to invest in expensive hardware. What is it that makes Parsec different in this space that would make this promise more able to be fulfilled?īenjy Boxer: At Parsec, we don’t actually believe that our software can rival your in-home gaming experience. Q: Whenever I hear bold statements about how someone’s cloud-gaming platform will be able to rival an in-home gaming PC experience I admittedly become a bit skeptical.

Parsec gaming review