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NFT: Google Unveils Gaming Platform Stadia

widmerseyebrow : 3/19/2019 4:36 pm

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The core of it is that it’ll be a gaming platform that runs via streaming, no console or PC needed and no games downloaded or running on a disc at the users’ end.

Harrison and a host of other presenters boasted of high-end gaming running in 4K and 60 frames per second, streamed across Google’s network to any screen you can think of.

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It's an interesting idea but Â

Metnut : 3/19/2019 5:04 pm : link

it's only as good as your internet connection.

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Banks : 3/19/2019 5:42 pm : link

If you can't play offline it is a total deal breaker. I'm curious how publishers would price games. I wouldn't spend any more than $10. There are too many risks.
-Server is slow or down
-Attacks from hackers
-home internet is slow or down
-company dissolves and game is pulled from server

Just to name a few. The only streaming service that ever piqued my interest was Shadow. I only skimmed a couple articles about it, but you buy games like normal (e.g., steam) and you rent a virtual pc from them to run it.

Maybe they will find some users. There are a couple nice things about it, but this is definitely not anything i'm interested in.

The other problem is ... Â

FStubbs : 3/19/2019 5:58 pm : link

... if it doesn't take off like a rocket (and odds are it will not for the reasons listed above), Google is known for abandoning products quite easily.