Attendees hosted the Expo Hall of AWS RE: Invent, hosted by Amazon Web Services, on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas.
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Amazon’s Cloud Unit explain On Thursday, it is launching a service to allow video game publishers to stream games online.
Amazon is on Blog Posts. These include smart TVs, phones, tablets and PCs. One way to use the service is to quickly distribute the titles in development to the tester and then safely delete access later.
“In this regard, many AAA games use the service,” Chris Lee, general manager of immersive technology for Amazon Web Services, told CNBC. A few companies, e.g. Electronic Arts and Contact interactioninvest heavily in top games with high production quality.
AWS generates a A large number Data centers are spread around the world from revenue from core services such as renting access to servers and storage space. But the company has hundreds of other services available to software developers. AWS has served as Amazon for the past decade Main profit engine.
Jackbox Games is a developer of casual games like Quiplash and Fibbage, and plans to rely on Gamelift streams to publish a service for game streams that will provide access to many of your titles. Jackbox games are available for upfront fees.
Jackbox’s technology leader Evan Jacover said his company is considering building its own technology for streaming, but decided to use it with AWS after learning about its plans.
“This is not the core competence of Jack Box games,” Jacob said, adding that the startup has a proof of concept or POC. “We lifted a POC, but it didn’t work to make it really work.”
Jackbox aims to release an early version of its service in the first half of this year, with more gaming and subscription options available. Since the company’s games are not graphically heavy, they don’t have major latency issues and do a good job of streaming.
Amazon Gamelift Streams supports 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second.
“It’s a great place when we talk to customers,” Lee said.
Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Sony’s The PlayStation 5 Pro can reach 4K resolution and 120 frames per second, allowing for more advanced video. But modern gaming consoles cost hundreds of dollars.
Which is the cost of Gamelift streaming? Nvidia Graphics processing unit used by customers, as well as storage space for game data. The game can run on Windows or Linux. No modification is required to integrate the service. Blog Posts explain.
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