eli5: Why watching games online (stream) is possible even with low internet connectivity, but playing them isn’t ??
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When watching them you are primarily downloading data. When playing you are likely downloading and uploading data at similar rates. This is because you need to send your inputs to other the server which sends them to other people and other people have to do the same thing so you can see their character move. And it has to do this for every character in a loaded area or even just on screen. Either way it’s a lot more data intensive to play than to watch.
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