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Stadia Review Thread
- Thread starter KoolAid
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Because that's Google's business plan with all their products, launch a clearly unfinished product, then be surprised that it isn't doing well then finally removing the product all together. Its the Google cycle.
If you had to force me to take a guess, i'd say that google drastically underestimated how competent the next gen platforms would be and is rushing to get something out of the door before Stadia becomes completely obsolete next year.
This thing can't even keep up with an Xbox One X. The PS5 and Scarlett are going to be light years past anything stadia can do.
"If you take the 8 frames of delay and take them all away, then add 4 of streaming delay, you get 4 more frames of reaction!"
Launch now, get ahead of Microsoft's XCloud which will likely be much much better than this service. Get the bad press over with now and try to rebuild the trust of people over time while others await XCloud because this is the time to try to get ahead of XCloud and make the changes people want, make the service better and hope people do join this community over time. Cause, odds are, when Microsoft's XCloud will kill this thing really fucking quickly once it's out. It would have even been worse if they launched at the same time of XCloud.
Stadia is like the pod racing scene where Anakin breaks down but instead of fixing it right away he just sits in the desert, aimlessly attempting to figure out how he's going to win with his "offering"
Yeah the no loading and fast downloads ARE something to praise, and it's something that I look forward to next gen consoles and PC hardware as well.
The overall package is just...Yeah.
While I can't see myself jumping to cloud gaming unless there's an amazing exclusive, I still think those who are interested should look towards xCloud.
But as always, DON'T BUY INTO THAT UNTIL WE GET THE FACTS
Its probably based on internet connection, the sad part of all of this is that everyone could've had a different experience when reviewing depending on what they pay for and are located.
Knowing the work Digital Foundry does I'm sure it was tested in a more optimal environnement than most consumers will.
I'm glad I decided to cancel my pre-order. Does not sound like this is anywhere near ready for market.
What's freaking hilarious to me is that the magical part of Stadia and what I would consider the most difficult undertaking, which is to be able to stream videogames flawlessly , seems like it's great. But everything surrounding it is so half assed it's unbelievable. Why the hell would you release a product without caring about all it's components?
Exactly, streaming just isn't ready. We'll see more in the coming days.
45-50ms extra latency is a lot. The average person will definitely notice it.
So the angel of gaming death was at it again, after Sony, Atari and now Stadia... Who's next?
Isn't selling up resed / CB 4k as legit 4k illegal in the EU ?
Isn't selling up resed / CB 4k as legit 4k illegal in the EU ?
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Wow at people thinking Google will "stick to it".
No it won't, it never has, and there's no reason to, considering the competition has an unwinnable advantage against them (xbox and ps exclusives on their own upcoming streaming servers).
It's going to be a super interesting legal precedent to see how refunds for purchased games will be handled (if at all), in a year or two.
No it won't, it never has, and there's no reason to, considering the competition has an unwinnable advantage against them (xbox and ps exclusives on their own upcoming streaming servers).
It's going to be a super interesting legal precedent to see how refunds for purchased games will be handled (if at all), in a year or two.
All this work on the technology only for the publishing arm not to follow through.
Unfortunate. Hopefully they are able to pull it together.
Unfortunate. Hopefully they are able to pull it together.
RDR2 on stadia doesnt sound too bad to be honest, so the tech seems impressive. Now, the problem I have with Stadia (Besides availability) is that it does not offer any benefits over buying the game on any other piece of hardware. I dont think for a minute the Stadia team, thought their main target were casual non console/pc gamers, that doesnt make any sense.
I mean, it looks like it runs fine as long as you have a decent connection but the overall quality isn't anywhere near what Google had been claiming.
Technology isn't there yet, and this is in the US, I could only imagine how it would look in my household and other countries in Europe/rest of the world.
Good on reviewers for keeping it real.
Good on reviewers for keeping it real.
From Paul Tassis Review https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...a-technical-conceptual-disaster/#4363f7355ec7
yeah this is unusable for any serious fighting game player. but i mean we all knew that already
Yes, they knew that a long time ago. But they also know that they can upgrade their service as time goes by, something which you can't do with a console without having to spend another 400 or 500€.
Nah, this service has probably as much latency as geforce now. I've been using that for almost two months now, I played several genres on it, it just feels like playing on a PS4 or Xbox.
They should never have marketed Stadia on fidelity and framerate promises that were clearly not possible yet. The main draw for anything cloud is convenience and ease of use. This is a product that seems valuable to people who travel a bunch and want a gaming experience that comes close to what they get at home. For everyone else this ain't it.
Rest in peace, Stadia.
Destiny 2 looks so much better on the Xbox One X. There's a comparision in the Verge article:
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I don't want it to fail, but seeing just how big of liars Google are is pretty amusing.
Digital Foundry said RDR2 is 1440/30fps. Is he just going by what Google told him?
im just saying it isnt the bad news everyone makes it out to be
i mean only 20 games or so at launch, having to pay $9.99 for 4k, and some of the things around it are indeed questionable
but on the question of if it works, it sounds like it does, and pretty well
Even if there are some differences in latency testing between xCloud and Stadia, Microsoft serves to really benefit greatly from this Stadia launch IMO. This does at least bring greater attention to the possibility of streaming games based on many of the "it at least works" type comments in the reviews, but xCloud will be coming out next year more fully with what really matters in the content due to Game Pass and of course the ability for users to also play content natively on local console hardware or even PC hardware for Xbox first party games. This could really highlight even more the advantages to everything that Xbox is bringing to the table with their offering to consumers going forward.
The most damning thing about Stadia to me is the graphics quality. Why are the games running at crap settings when Stadia is so powerful? Is the hardware actually being throttled to hell or something?
You're right I'm not. I've played CS competitively for 13 years, I know when something doesn't feel right. Which doesn't happen on geforce now, so there's not reason why it should happen with stadia.
Turns out "it's ok I guess" isn't really ok when it comes to streaming. It's pretty much either perfect or gtfo.
Half baked, too early, and riddled with problems? Sounds like another glorified side project by Google. I don't have any confidence they'll support this long term either, so good luck to anyone who actually wants to purchased games on this.