[Icer5k]

It's not quite the same thing, but X.IO [1] from OTOY does a lot of the things mentioned, and can even run Steam directly without having to use in-home streaming (and we can take advantage of things like NvFBC to cut down capture time).

Going that method you lose the price advantage you'd get with the spot market, but a lot of the underlying complexity is removed.

Disclosure: I work for OTOY

[1]: https://www.x.io

[motdiem]

How would you go about running steam on X.IO ? do you have to "Appetize" steam or the game itself ?