Definitely gonna give this a shot. Seems like a better strategy than Stadia. Hopefully MS copies the PWA option for xCloud on iOS.
It can be both. Their consistent investment in development studios is pretty apparent.
obviously this is talking way (way) down the line, but you could kind of envisage a future where gaming is xcloud, stadia, and luna
they've all got the bucks / patience / backend infrastructure to try, fail, come again, fail, spend, bully
they've all got the bucks / patience / backend infrastructure to try, fail, come again, fail, spend, bully
So does this mean each game will have its own app on IOS? Or is Apple bending their own rules?
jokes aside a music, movies, games, twitch sub, Prime combo for say $10 a month would be insane
Many major players in the game streaming business is probably good for competition.
Amazon seems to have a fairly cheap offer (but certainly not as comprehensive as Microsoft), Stadia will need to evolve (or die) and Sony need to hurry if they don't want to miss the train.
If some of these services get big in the coming years, we might not have real consoles anymore, so no PS6 or Xbox Series Next.
Amazon seems to have a fairly cheap offer (but certainly not as comprehensive as Microsoft), Stadia will need to evolve (or die) and Sony need to hurry if they don't want to miss the train.
If some of these services get big in the coming years, we might not have real consoles anymore, so no PS6 or Xbox Series Next.
Yea Phil has to secure UBI day 1 as well for GP if they want to compete in this
Exactly, but this is why MS did it. They know the other tech giants are entering the business and want to secure the market.
Bunch of big companies entering the gaming space, half-assing it and falling flat on their faces...I don't think this is what people were asking for when they were wanting to go back to the '90s.
Yeah. I think if Amazon nails this its way more appealing than Gamepass for me.
if cloud gaming doesn't get popular after a few years, it will be interesting. and funny.
I'm curious as to why you divided these companies up like you did. Microsoft is a 1.5 trillion dollar company, they can go toe to toe with Apple/Amazon/Google/Facebook. Sony is the only one who cannot. Likely they won't ally with Microsoft, Playstation will become a subsidiary of Microsoft in that case.
They put out several titles this gen and last gen outside their Sony titles. Look it up.
Man the amount of trying to justify it.
"It's the one I like so it's ok"
For us to get to that point our gigabit broadband infrastructure needs to evolve, not the services.
If either Google or Amazon really wants their service to take off, they're going to need a reason to bring people in. As in, exclusive experiences that can't be played anywhere else.
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft all understand this concept.
Yeah, this is only the beginning. Publishers, hold on to your butts.
The fact that this is subscription based with full access to their entire library at a monthly cost makes it a lot more desirable than stadia. I'm excited to try it out on PC.
While xcloud may have a much better library with the same subscription model, having it be only accessible on mobile so far is not ideal. I'll be much more interested once they launch it on PC.
While xcloud may have a much better library with the same subscription model, having it be only accessible on mobile so far is not ideal. I'll be much more interested once they launch it on PC.
Slight off-topic, but goddamn - it's impossible to overstate just how many doors Control opened up for Remedy. Even if it didn't sell particularly well, that game has given them so many new opportunities. It's really awesome to see.
Or it could be like the film streaming services where a game would feature on one brands service for 3~6 months and then hop on over to another service after that.
The only ones to forever remain on the service are the ones which are flat out owned by the studio (like Netflix Originals only being on Netflix).
I am not a fan of the streaming playground for games but it appears to be heading more and more into that direction. :(
It wouldn't be a bad idea if people already had a library, like Valve allowing me to stream every game I have.
But who's buying $60 games at Stadia?
Can't even tell which you think was better. Amazon and Sony moneyhatting timed exclusives and buying up studios, or you think it's fine to buy studios up since it's been going on all gen.
i am just happy the controller has offset thumbsticks. Thats it haha
Because of the relationship that is already there via Azure. I realize that MS can go toe to toe with the rest of silicon valley. But Sony uses Azure, not Google and not AWS. Like you said Sony is the little guy compared to these tech behemoths but yet Sony has the biggest gaming brand.
Anyone saying that because Amazon sucks at making games, that's the reasoning for why this will suck really doesn't understand that these are two entirely different industries. Making games is one thing. Delivering a game smoothly, at low cost, over a cloud platform is another. And Amazon's cloud platform is the biggest in the world; they probably have the most talent in the industry for cloud computing under their roof, and applying that to gaming is a leap, but it's not a huge one.
This whole thing *could* suck but I doubt it'll be because they're bad at doing this. It'd be because of poor choices in making deals with publishers, failing to price their service to sell, or in not giving gamers what they want in a cloud platform. From a technical perspective, I'm sure they'll be at least as good as Stadia.
This whole thing *could* suck but I doubt it'll be because they're bad at doing this. It'd be because of poor choices in making deals with publishers, failing to price their service to sell, or in not giving gamers what they want in a cloud platform. From a technical perspective, I'm sure they'll be at least as good as Stadia.
Endgadget article says it supports standard Bluetooth. But if I can't, then that's okay
Eh, but Stadia gives subscribers free games to add to the library and keep, PS+ style. And it lets you buy games and play them without a monthly fee at all. Amazon has the advantage of a whole slate being ready to go, but only behind the monthly paywall. I don't see a "buy it once" approach.
For sure, but that angle was mostly lost during the discussion of acquisition. People were looking at Sony, how they would respond. Instead of the more likely Google/Amazon/Facebook and, to a lesser extent, Tencent. They'll be next to make a move on that scale. Sony might buy a developer, but nothing even close to the scale of the Zenimax acquisition.
