My buddy spent $2,000 on a gaming PC last year. Now it's already struggling with new releases. That's the cycle we're stuck in. Cloud gaming breaks it. I get the concerns about lag and internet limits. Those are real. But here's the thing: technology improves fast. Five years ago, 4K streaming was a joke. Now it's standard. The same will happen with cloud gaming. The real win is access. Not everyone can drop a grand on hardware. Cloud gaming lets anyone with decent internet play high-end games. It's not about killing consoles tomorrow. It's about giving more people a seat at the table. And honestly, who misses downloading patches? Or clearing hard drive space? Cloud gaming cuts the nonsense. Just play.

My buddy's $2,000 PC is already a paperweight. That's the whole point. Consoles and PCs are built to become obsolete. Cloud gaming isn't. You say lag is a dealbreaker. I say it's a speed bump. Starlink and fiber are spreading fast. Meanwhile, your $500 console is already outdated the day you buy it. That's not a win for ownership, that's a trap. And let's be real: how many people actually replay old games? The "ownership" argument sounds nice, but most of us play something once and move on. Cloud gaming frees us from the hardware treadmill. That's progress, not a loss.