Considering most people will want to play their streamed games at the highest quality possible, it seems strange that Microsoft didn’t do this in the first place, but it is at least now available for those that didn’t want to mess with files to achieve the same goal.
Other quality options are still present if you would prefer to put less stress on your local network, with High, Medium and Low settings all offering different levels of compression for the stream. However we would imagine that most users will skip over those for the much more attractive “Very High” option that’s now readily available.
It’s worth noting that as useful as the streaming ability is in making it possible to play games away from the living room TV, there may still be some quality loss through the stream, since technically the user is looking at a video of the game, rather than the game itself.
If you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 and happen to own an Xbox One, what do you think of the new streaming feature? Is it nice to be able to play your Xbox One games somewhere other than the living room TV?
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