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Stadia Acquires Typhoon Studios
- Thread starter zedox
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I don't need my internet to be up 100% and not have someone else in the house sucking down internet to play local games. So yeah I'd rather just have the local option over cloud. I am even the type of person who downloads my Itunes movies before watching them because I don't want it pausing to buffer in the middle of a scene.
I expect more acquisitions to follow. First-party content is a good way of attracting new users to your platform.
Acquisitions like this from google were happening with or without MS. Its silly to think otherwise.
At least Stadia has no cost to get started and can be accessed from a lot of devices so I oddly don't feel very upset.
Google has a lot to prove though, with Stadia versions being so half baked so far.
Google has a lot to prove though, with Stadia versions being so half baked so far.
Ah, well fair enough then.
Good for me personally at least, as someone who has enjoyed their previous works enough, I'm not all that interested in Stadia.
Acquisitions have been happening since the 90s.
Stadia exclusives is garbage though I'd legit never play them unfortunately
Of course they were happening. But MS and Google are basically the same in terms of goals and ethical considerations yet MS was lauded for "helping smaller studios" while the response over Google has been predictably negative despite doing the exact same thing. I wonder why.
Because Google wants to make games exclusively for the cloud. Its not that hard to understand.
THQ Nordic, Sony and other companies that have already said that want to or already acquired companies with way less backlash too.
Please only put your games behind the walled garden of the Mega Corp I approve of...
i think it's because people trust MS more to have those studios develop good games that will be playable for a long time on multiple platforms, including PC, and yes, including streaming. people don't feel that confident with google.
Yeah, try shitposting in a MS studio acquisition thread and you'll be banned or at least warned.
Everyone wants to become a publisher. I tjink Google knows that even if Stadia fails they can still be in gaming.
Imagine the consequences of doing the same for a Sony acquisition!
Committing harder to video games than ever before and have just unveiled a new console?
This is just small fry, I wonder if they are eying some big studios.
Resetera AND Sony ninjas banging at your door in the middle of the night! Be afraid, be very afraid...
well, im looking forward to see what comes of it at least. If Google wants to sell this thing then they will need games to do so.
Well with Microsoft and Sony, gaming is part of the long-term business plan. Google could shut Stadia down next year if it doesn't take off, and then what happens to the studios?
I wish they would all stay independent, but as someone who posts opinions on Stadia due to actually using the product, I have to agree : )
All those people who wanted major platform holders to buy out third party developers are getting what they asked for.
Yeah no shit that's not what I mean.
Big Tech investing heavily into gaming is a relatively new thing. Google and Facebook acquiring small "AA" studios didn't happen before Microsoft did the exact same thing. If you've watched how the tech sector eroded by the same companies buying all the startups, it's concerning the same thing is potentially happening to gaming. This isn't a console wars thing, it's bigger than that.
I'll admit, a must play exclusive is probably the only way I'll ever try Stadia. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out in the future.
It didn't happen before cause they wanted to enter the market trough Cloud technology, that wasn't ready before... but of course you know that and are just arguing in bad faith, lmao