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Players who have been playing games since the days of Atari may find it hard to believe that today's games have the same characteristics. At first, the game, with only a few beeps and a few bouncing lights, has evolved into a complex narrative, with a picture so clear that you can see every eyelash of the character.

When developers continue to improve the image of the game, the hardware will naturally become better. But what if the new trend is high-quality games without hardware?

Over the next few years, it is becoming less and less likely that you don't need video games at all. We look forward to seeing this trend at CES 2020 in Las Vegas next week. In 2019, the cloud game platform has undergone great changes, allowing users to play games online on a variety of devices through the mainframe game server.

Last year, Google, Microsoft and Apple all launched gaming services without consoles, and we are likely to see other technology and game giants join the cloud gaming circle in 2020. (that is, by the end of 2020, with the introduction of Sony PlayStation 5, game consoles will be reborn.)

Technically, it is not a cloud gaming service. The Apple arcade was launched in September. Users can play more than 100 games on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple TV for as little as US $4.99 (£4.99A) a month. Some games are also being launched on Mac.

Apple arcade makes casual games easy, no matter where you are, you don't need to buy expensive game consoles. Instead, users can download games from the app store.

Google's cloud gaming service, Google Stadia, was launched in November last year to provide console players with important game options in addition to game consoles. Although there are still some problems to be solved in the line of sight, CNET's Scott Stein commented that the services in TVs, mobile phones, laptops and pixel controllers are comfortable to hold and easy to keep resumes when changing devices, fulfilling some of the promises of cloud games.

An early version of the founder's suit sells for $120. The kit includes a Stadia controller, Chromecast Ultra, a short USB-C-to-C cable, a download of a Destiny 2 game, and a three-month Stadia Pro subscription service for $10 a month, which is necessary to access all Stadia online features. A cheaper version of the stadium, as well as some major games, will be launched in 2020.

Read more about the battle between Google Stadium and Microsoft xCloud: cloud Games

Microsoft's xCloud project gaming service may bring some fierce competition to Stadia. CNET's Oscar Gonzalez (Oscar Gonzalez) called it "a cloud gaming service worth watching." Although xCloud is still in the preview stage, Microsoft plans to release more features in 2020. The service is an extension of Microsoft's game console, which Microsoft says will be part of the next-generation game console Xbox X. XCloud's unlimited storage means players can access Xbox games without having to download, which is one of its advantages.

The new platform on display at CES 2020 may give us a better understanding of this trend. For example, iiRcade said that this is the first stand-alone game with a built-in online game store platform, and a large number of new and classic games can be downloaded. Although not a complete cloud game, iiRcade shows a way to adapt cloud games to a variety of game media.

Games are not a common experience, but few people scoff at experiences that are more convenient or easier to get. Cloud games open up more possibilities and audiences-either removing the console from the equation or as an extension of the game experience. Although we are unlikely to see game consoles disappear completely, cloud games have rocked the entire industry.

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