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drummer32 on April 13, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Run your own high-end cloud gaming service on EC2

I think they already do. You begin the download and after it has downloaded some portion of the game you can launch it and the stream the rest.

albertoleal on April 13, 2015 [–]

I didn't know about this. Which games?

fletchowns on April 13, 2015 | | [–]

Blizzard games also do this, you usually only have to download about 25% to start playing

KJasper on April 13, 2015 | | [–]

Not Steam, but Ubisoft did this for instance with the latest Far Cry and Assassins Creed.

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