TY  - UNPD
A1  - Metzger, Florian
A1  - Rafetseder, Albert
A1  - Schröder, Svenja
A1  - Zwickl, Patrick
T1  - The Prospects of Cloud Gaming: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?
N2  - In recent years, cloud gaming has become a popular research topic and has claimed many benefits in the commercial domain over conventional gaming. While, cloud gaming platforms have frequently failed in the past, they have received a new impetus over the last years that brought it to the edge of commercial breakthrough. The fragility of the cloud gaming market may be caused by the high investment costs, offered pricing models or competition from existing "à la carte" platforms. This paper aims at investigating the costs and benefits of both platform types through a twofold approach. We first take on the perspective of the customers, and investigate several cloud gaming platforms and their pricing models in comparison to the costs of other gaming platforms. Then, we explore engagement metrics in order to assess the enjoyment of playing the offered games. Lastly, coming from the perspective of the service providers, we aim to identify challenges in cost-effectively operating a large-scale cloud gaming service while maintaining high QoE values. Our analysis provides initial, yet still comprehensive reasons and models for the prospects of cloud gaming in a highly competitive market.
KW  - Cloud Computing
KW  - Videospiel
KW  - Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
KW  - Cloud Gaming
KW  - Video Game QoS
KW  - Cost-benefit analysis
Y1  - 2016
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/24245
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242452
N1  - Originally written in 2016, but never published.
ER  -