‘Chromebooks aren’t for gaming!’ So goes the eternal refrain of tech journalists like myself when asked (for the millionth time) what laptop a family member should buy for their games-obsessed kid.
But that could finally be about to change! Google has been pushing the notion of ‘gaming Chromebooks’ for a while now, and I’ve been thoroughly unconvinced. These Chrome-powered laptops, like the otherwise pretty solid Acer Chromebook 516 GE, don’t actually run games locally, instead relying on cloud-based game-streaming platforms such as GeForce Now and Xbox Game Pass.
