Been fully cloud for about a year. No console, no gaming PC, a TV stick and a laptop that would struggle with Minecraft.

Then i realized the controller become the only piece of hardware in the chain I actually own. If the service has a bad night I wait it out. If the wifi goes I fix the wifi. But if the pad drifts I'm buying another pad, and that's the only recurring hardware cost in the entire setup.

Which makes it the one thing I now think is worth overspending on, which feels backwards when everything else is rented. Curious whether anyone else landed there, or whether you all just buy whatever is cheapest and replace it when it dies.

So I currently don’t have a set up where my PC can connect to our router and then to the steam deck via Ethernet. Wi-Fi is too unstable. My current set up has a long Ethernet from one room to another that connects from my PC to my Steam Deck. The IPV4 settings for both have them on an IP address in the same range.

Currently, this set up is absolutely flawless and I love it. Long term, I think PC - Router with an Ethernet running through the walls would be better, as I can have more flexibility with the rest of my set up and other ports around the house.

My question though is whether PC - Router - Deck all via Ethernet is actually as reliable as simply PC - Deck via the direct Ethernet method I am currently using? I wondered if I introduce any interference or possible problems if my network is busy while streaming.

The closed network I operate between my deck and PC feels flawless and I wondered if that’s because there is also absolutely no other traffic with this method?

I'm a PC gamer not interested in getting the GTA 6 campaign spoiled once it comes out on colsole so I'm not waiting for the PC release.

I'm thinking of getting the game on PS5 and just play it on a friend's console using PS Remote Play streaming to my PC.

Unfortunately I won't be able to resell the copy after finishing the campaign due to Rockstar dropping the production of phisical media and killing the used market. But I'm also only interested in playing online later on PC, so looks like I'd have to get a second copy and allow rockstar to double dip.

Unless someone here is aware of a streaming rental service where a copy of the game is included and the total cost of playing the campaign would still be lower than the cost of the game.

Any leads?