Streaming from the cloud was meant to change games forever – what happened?

September 9, 2026 · 2:00 pm 1 sources

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• Streaming from the cloud was meant to change games forever – what happened?
  The Guardian · September 9, 2026 14:00
  Once hailed as the future, even the likes of Google, Sony and Microsoft have struggled to make streaming games fun, fast or affordable • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In August 2009, at the very first Gamescom expo, I sat in a small meeting room in Germany and…