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Will you buy Google Stadia?
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I probably will once it hits Japan. Great way to take advantage of my speedy connection. The tech seems solid and I have already been moving away from the console ecosystem and playing more on PC.
This just seems like a great way to avoid having to upgrade my PC in the next few years.
This just seems like a great way to avoid having to upgrade my PC in the next few years.
I still just don't get who this platform is for. 120 bucks a year to rent server space in addition to full game prices for someone that
- Has a persistent online connection.
- Has a fast persistent online connection with no data caps.
- Has a controller but no console for some reason.
- Owns a 4k HDR TV and is willing to pay full price for games yet doesn't want to pay for a console or PC.
Nope. I like being able to keep playing my single player games when my internet goes down (wich happens way too often for my liking).
I also like looking at my PC and knowing how powerfull it is. Pc Masterrace all that crap. I'm an enthousiast.
Oh, and i REALLY don't like Chrome. Never have.
And to top it off, i've always been weary of streaming stuff. I don't even stream my music. So i don't want to stream my games. Ever.
I also like looking at my PC and knowing how powerfull it is. Pc Masterrace all that crap. I'm an enthousiast.
Oh, and i REALLY don't like Chrome. Never have.
And to top it off, i've always been weary of streaming stuff. I don't even stream my music. So i don't want to stream my games. Ever.
I'd have to try it out first. But even providing that the service works as flawlessly as possible, the price of 4K Stadia for 5 years seems like it'd more or less be line with a next-gen console, if not more expensive. And at least then you get the ability to play offline with no potential for lag.
Then again, that also doesn't account for the price of paid online now for consoles. So perhaps the big three will need to be more competitive on pricing or value in order to not risk Stadia taking a significant chunk of their marketshare.
For the moment, I might try the free version and buy a cheap game or two. But I don't see myself using it beyond a few odd occasions.
Then again, that also doesn't account for the price of paid online now for consoles. So perhaps the big three will need to be more competitive on pricing or value in order to not risk Stadia taking a significant chunk of their marketshare.
For the moment, I might try the free version and buy a cheap game or two. But I don't see myself using it beyond a few odd occasions.
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No. At this point I don't think streaming is at a point where the gameplay will be reliable. I even still see hiccups at times with streaming tv or movies.
Probably game streaming something that will become the standard in the future, but for now I prefer my games to be stored locally for the time being.
Probably game streaming something that will become the standard in the future, but for now I prefer my games to be stored locally for the time being.
Depends on what exclusives they are able to wrangle but for now given my dislike of Google for privacy reasons and allowing far right content to fester on their platform as well as being well catered by 4 other platforms, it's a no from me.
I'm on Comcast Xfinity with unlimited data cap, and my internet has been down for almost 6 hours tonight for maintenance. If I didn't have my PS4 and I was on Stadia only I'd be completely screwed. I can't even play games on my PC because I didn't get to put Steam in offline mode. Shit like this is the reason I have no faith in a streaming only future. Hell no to Stadia.
I'll try a F2P game on the free version, compare the quality and latency to GeForce Now and make my decision after.
I doubt it but I love tech so you never know. I'm much more interested in Microsoft streaming due to me owning so many games in their ecosystem and the fact that I'll own one of their next gen console.
I don't think 25% being unsure to favourable and 10% already sold are exactly bad numbers for this place to be honest.
You understand this isn't the case for most people intending to use streaming services, right?
Not sure why you actively want to see this "burn and fail".
The latency is still not perfect and they are jumping ahead I think.
..so you actively want to see it burn and fail because of that?
Like in an actual excited manner at the prospect of this failing.
Gone from "I can't wait to see this burn and fail" to 'I want them to show more, credit to them' in three posts.
Almost impressive. The gleeful hope of failure in some weird view of it 'owning' Google is a flawed one anyway considering their entire methodology is on taking risks and failing fast. It's what's led to their success and ballooning in scope, even if a few people here are still stuck in the "success/fail - good/bad" train of thought.
With ISPs who say unlimited, you might find out it isn't quite unlimited when you stream games in 4k and start racking up terabytes and will require a higher tier premium.
Edit: also just tried the google stadia page to test my connection but it doesn't work with Firefox, Edge, it just reloads the page when you hit the button and yes cookies are enabled. I guess I need to install chrome just to test.
Edit: also just tried the google stadia page to test my connection but it doesn't work with Firefox, Edge, it just reloads the page when you hit the button and yes cookies are enabled. I guess I need to install chrome just to test.
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Estimated at 1TB for about 65 hours of 4K play, for those browsing.
Data caps gonna weep for this one.
Never mind the data caps, once 100k people in an urban area start playing 4k content all together they'll soon discover why data caps exists: there's not enough bandwidth for everyone and all ISPs just oversell their actual capacity.
If Stadia Pro was akin to Xbox Game Pass (at least for older content), then I would've welcomed it. Based on Stadia Connect, they have a lot more to do to justify its product.
Personally, no.
I have just picked up a brand new gaming PC and I have steam backlog long enough to keep me entertained for the next 50 years if needed!
I might however, pick one up for my little sister for an affordable intro to gaming
I have just picked up a brand new gaming PC and I have steam backlog long enough to keep me entertained for the next 50 years if needed!
I might however, pick one up for my little sister for an affordable intro to gaming
Nope. If they start making games that take advantage of the server based thing and do stuff beyond what's on console and PC today, I'd give it a go at least.
Anyone here play around with Onlive when it was a thing? It was pretty damned cool and the only thing holding it back was the game output and the input lag. If Google can get over those hurdles, this will be sitting pretty unless MS and Sony have better services.
Yeah, so it'll be the only way to try Stadia for free at launch. I don't think Google would be good for this industry, so I much rather not give them money if I can help it.