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What do you think of this prediction? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Unless you change physics the latency will never be solved.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Latency is a non issue if you make the service even remotely decentralised. One server per EU country is enough to push the latency below 50ms, which is more than playable, even for shooters and MOBAs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Still to much of you want to be decently competitive in a shooter.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Simply build a gaming server farm in the middle of every small town in the world

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Do like Netflix and start putting hardware in every datacenter and at backbone split point you possibly can.