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by spartanatreyu 3973 days ago
Server side rendering for live games is a really bad idea. If there's a single hickup with a packet, the whole game will stutter on the client's side and they won't be able to do anything, not move, not look, not pause, whatever.

Server side rendering for replayed games on the other hand is totally fine, not everyone has capture cards. They actually had this service on Halo 3 where you could pay bungie for the number of minutes you wanted footage rendered out at.