Smartphone users won’t be able to run them through on-screen controls and will require a compatible Android controller, which can be connected to the phone with an OTG cable or wirelessly over Bluetooth. You need a controller or a mouse and keyboard to play them. PC games are not designed for touchscreen devices. The biggest highlight of Liquid Sky is that you can purchase, download and play any PC game that is available on one of the linked game stores. Also, they failed to acquire top-tier games form leading game developers such as EA Sports and Activision.
One of the reasons for the failure of services such as OnLive was that it used its own servers to host the games and was unable to put up with the cost. LiquidSky uses IBM’s public cloud infrastructure which is more robust, easy to scale and has got data centres spread across the globe. There is a free model too, with in-app advertisements and 100GB storage, but its only available to users in the US and Canada. The monthly subscription, which offers 500GB of cloud storage and the option to change data centres, starts at $19.99 (approximately Rs1,289) per month. Basic Pay-as-you-go plan starts at $9.99 (approximately Rs644) and provides 100GB of storage. Users in India can download it for free but to access the games, one of the subscriptions is required.
LiquidSky is available only for Android devices right now and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store (there is no news on the iOS app yet). These are online stores for PC games and their API (application programme interface) is built into the app, so one doesn’t have to download their apps separately. Once users sign up in the app, and take a subscription plan, they can browse and download any games from their existing library of purchased games or buy new ones on Steam, GOG, Origin, Blizzard or Humble Bumble.
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