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Google formally unveils the "Stadia" launching in 2019
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No way in hell I'm going to support this.
I couldn't agree more.
I couldn't agree more.
I feel like if this came out maybe 5 years from now it would fly off the shelves" but I guess they are trying to get in on it now and benefit later before sony and Microsoft claim to be first
My guess is subscription-based. Companies love recurring revenue. Also they probably want to hedge on usage costs and charge you per unit of time (aka month) instead of a no-strings-attached one time fee. You could theoretically incur infinite usage cost from a $60 game.
it's not their fault. Blame the fucking ISPs imposing data caps on innovation and new ways to use technology
*cries in data cap*
Can someone help me work out how much data per hour my PS4/XB1/Switch uses for a comparison?
Yeah I don't think that high bandwidth streaming products will ever really take off in low bandwidth areas unfortunately. But like you said, 5G offers a tremendous option in the future... though again, 5G will only slowly roll out to more rural areas. The goal of 5G is to eliminate wireless latency and provide max speeds somewhere in the 10Gbps range. Though, obviously, that doesn't mean that every (or even most) services will connected at 10Gbps, you'll still be limited by the server you're connecting to, but for high bandwidth needs those servers should scale up to some reasonable consumer delivery speed.
I think a lot of Google's future products are banking on the widespread availability of 5G in ~5 years. For instance, part of their auomated driving program is heavily influenced by the future of 5G, and zero latency mobile communication.
*cries in data cap*
EDIT: I'm trying to verify this now, but this is likely being misinterpreted/was me getting bamboozled. Apologies, please disregard.
Quoting for those in the back, I think I got snuck up on
I can see the opposite being true. The extremely low barrier to entry means this has insane word of mouth potential.
I doubt you made the same comparisons to Netflix, saying it would take 5-10 years to reach the same mass appeal as iTunes.This has the potential to be a paradigm shift, and I think kids will eat this shit up.
*cries in data cap*
I feel for you, I'm from France and we don't have data cap here so Stadia could work well*. (*Depending where you live and your internet speed)
Well Fortnite can be played on phone so it's not like it'll change something ahah.
Is Google gonna pull some rabbit out of their hat and announce nationwide fiber or something? Cause that 20GB/hour pic is eye-popping.
They showed AC: odyssey... the game thats ALREADY on current gen systems and PC! Don't you wanna play it via streaming??? Lmao
Games will be running off of their servers, you don't install anything, so you cannot modify or change anything as you don't have any files to change.
No one is talking about highest quality experiences here, we are talking able fully functioning, stable experiences.
There are too many potential issues from streaming that movies and TV aren't affected by. The convenience is incredibly compromised to the point where it could be a deal breaker for way more people than you think.
I'm not rooting for this to fail, but everything says that this'll be a secondary gaming experience complimentary to consoles for those who really want a gaming experience when they are away from one.
Google wants you to think that Grandma is going to stumble upon.an Assassins Creed vid on Youtube and start playing it instantly or something but the realistic scenario is that hundreds of millions of consoles will be sold in the next 5 years and will continue to be where people do their gaming.
we're gonna see articles about soccer moms going bankrupt because their kid left fortnite on. like that smurfs micro transaction or wiimotes breaking tvs back in the day
They were doing fiber and then stopped for a shift to some wireless home service.
You just had to do that didn't you. Good job /s
*cries in data cap*
EDIT: I'm trying to verify this now, but this is likely being misinterpreted/was me getting bamboozled. Apologies, please disregard.
Most people might have missed Bronson's edit once you've quoted the image:
"EDIT: I'm trying to verify this now, but this is likely being misinterpreted/was me getting bamboozled. Apologies, please disregard."
I think Google should just use all their money and power to become a new isp that can deliver what they need the other greedy companies to do.
- Streaming only
- No real games revealed
- Bland, unimaginative controller
I just realized I don't have a dvd/bluray player hooked up to my tvs right now. Sigh.
But you can't play anywhere on a downloaded game!
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It's okay. We're only the top result for "Stadia GB per hour."
Why aren't you using bing like me
(if it helps, Netflix 4K is 7GB per hour, so you're probably looking at 10-15 for 4K60 if I'm ballparking it)
They don't care. They'll just dogpile on the next bit of 'bad news' that's posted on a jpeg.
What does this do to PC gaming? Will more games use Vulkan instead of DirectX? Will the blockbuster games have a native Linux port instead of relying on Steam's Proton?
You really see this happening in a world where the SCOTUS sent net neutrality to its grave?
That it's misinformation he got bamboozled into posting and has since walked it back and apologized for spreading it.
I mean, they did. A damn powerful one, even. It's just not sitting at your home :p