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Google - GDC 2019 Teaser
- Thread starter Theorry
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It make perfect sense. Google could provide the competition in streaming while Sony provides competition in hardware atleast for next gen. The gen after that who knows. Of course, Sony may lose some audience but theirs is much bigger and popular around the world. Their exclusives have also become huge. In the worst case scenario If Sony loses NA they still got the rest of the world. If MS loses NA it's a huge problem.
Sony's head is far more above the water than MS because of their popularity is virtually every region. This is also primarily a streaming war regardless of what hardware Google shows.
I'm interested, but I'm also a person who's heavily tied into the Google ecosystem. I have a Play Music subscription, a Pixel phone, and purchase all my media from the Play Store. Plus I enjoy seeing the crazy things Google throws out in their fun hardware experiments (though it sucks for the people who buy these things). So I'm excited to see what this will mean for me.
On one hand - every body doubted BOTH Sony and Microsoft when they squeezed themselves into the market. So no doubt, Google CAN do it.
On the other hand - time and time and time again, the market has shown it can barely support three players; let alone four. Four video game system manufacturers has never stayed viable.
On the other hand - time and time and time again, the market has shown it can barely support three players; let alone four. Four video game system manufacturers has never stayed viable.
People that think this is not going to move the needle need to open their eyes up.
Google could literally drop this console in a $30 Chromecast like stick and have it be subscription based and shake up the entire Industry.
Getting a parent to buy a cheap dongle and a $15 per month plan is a hell of a lot easier than getting them to buy a $200-400 console plus games.
Google could literally drop this console in a $30 Chromecast like stick and have it be subscription based and shake up the entire Industry.
Getting a parent to buy a cheap dongle and a $15 per month plan is a hell of a lot easier than getting them to buy a $200-400 console plus games.
Google assistant built in surely inevitable?
'Ok google - play chu chu rocket'
Lets be real that kinda of service takes time to build and mature. If this is a streaming service (which I bet this is ) then i expect them to price this pretty aggressively which is going to sway a lot of casuals but if you are the kinda of person who expect high fidelity from their games then this is probably not going to be a thing for you in the near future.
Google entering the home console market could be a bad thing in the long term with how effective Google Ads is but exciting nevertheless.
I rely so much on their services every day: watching videos, storing and editing files, email, maps, searching the internet and browsing. Generally when they set their sights on something they do it better than anyone else.
I rely so much on their services every day: watching videos, storing and editing files, email, maps, searching the internet and browsing. Generally when they set their sights on something they do it better than anyone else.
I hope everyone here is comfortable with change.
lol who am I kidding
You mean 2080 TI if you want ray tracing at a performance worth a damn.
If they allow gatcha games and everything from the Play Store I can see it as an actual competitor for the Asian market.
Probably cause you be at work when it happens and you just see it online.
Saturday is a day nobody want to be looking at screens and be online typing stuff all day
Exactly this. If Google plays this right they could really screw up MS's plans. What if it streams all PC games? What's that gonna do for MS? Fucked that's what.
Idk, seems scary. Feels like ms was just a little early with xbox 1. family sharing, renting games on a sub, and trade in deals sound great though
So Google basically has the cash to force themselves into this. It makes me wonder if they poached any devs from Microsoft's xCloud service. We're entering very interesting times.
Yep, and that RTX will be in their Google Cloud Datacenters.
LOL scary thoughts "Foh Google gta is better and their exclusives own"
I just don't see this being successful if it's only a streaming box. It needs to be a hybrid of physical and streaming to gain some kind of traction.
uh
Microsoft alone can spend the entire industry into the ground
You think if Google and MS throwing money around is going to lead to good things for Sony? lmao
MS has been handling the game industry with kids gloves. if google enters, MS will go from using their coin purse to using their vault.
Sony isn't in a great position if Google enters.
oh its absolutely scary, I dont know your geographic location, but the state of the US internet infrastructure is abysmal already with just streaming netflix and hulu. Can't imagine what 5 game streaming services will look like.
I think the difference in the past was that people were not nearly as invested in ecosystems as they are now. Switching consoles back when Xbox came out didn't involve losing an entire friends list, digital purchases & content, achievements/trophies, etc.
If Google wants to be the platform in someone's home, and not a secondary console that you own alongside an Xbox/Playstation/Nintendo console, then that's going to be a hard sell. You have to create an attractive enough platform that will switch people away from multiple generations of getting ingrained in their ecosystem of choice.
It becomes doubly skeptical (at least for me) because Google has a history of abandoning products and moving on to the next toy they create. Does this Google gaming platform actually have long term support from the corporation in the same way that the big 3 do?
yep, it was obvious after MS just dropped that xcloud video a few days after google stream test lol.
MS are afraid of Google's move, they are mainly going to compete with one another from now one. actually this would be seen as an advantage of sony if MS is really shifting their focus to the streaming service future rather the consoles.
regarding nintendo, i find the rumors about apple making a gaming focused IPod interesting. i could see Apple directly trying to compete with the switch as well.
all in all, interesting times ahead.
While sony's mind share and reputation does count for something, I think your putting to much weight into brand loyalty, only a handful of fan boys care that "Sony" is printed on a particular box, most gamers care about, actions.
Google can take away customers away from sony just as easily as they can MS.
It's not like Sony have had a streaming service on the market for years now....
I'd love a 3rd competitor, especially someone with pockets as deep as Google has, in the high-end home console market. It would make for some incredible competition.
This, but also people need to work at shows. GDC is a trade show, and so companies are paying for people to be there. Working on a weekend is bad for everybody, generally.
What do you mean stream all PC games ? What is stopping those publishers from having those games stream on the XCloud too ? No doubt Google will moneyhat some games for exclusivity but not all games will magically stream on their service without any cost to them.
Better or worse than fanboys of the company that brought you Windows and Office, or the company the brought you the Walkman and VCR's ?
