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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 13:43:54 GMT -5
Famed industry journalist/reporter/insider says... Here's some reviews and impressions I've found.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 19, 2019 13:52:34 GMT -5
I just recently bought a PS4 (last year) and switch (this year). I already have PS5 and Switch successor on the horizon. The last thing I need personally is a system that relies on the internet to stream my games. Additionally, I'm not really happy giving even more information to google.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Nov 19, 2019 13:54:19 GMT -5
Considering Google's tendency to just shut projects down, I can't imagine a lot of people buying into this.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 19, 2019 13:55:53 GMT -5
Yea, this shit getting shut down if they don't get it right
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 19, 2019 13:59:10 GMT -5
Michael Bluth: well I don't know what I expected...
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Nov 19, 2019 13:59:30 GMT -5
You have to wear your Google glasses to see it properly.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Nov 19, 2019 14:05:28 GMT -5
You have to wear your Google glasses to see it properly. You need to a Google Plus account to play the games
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Post by BorneAgain on Nov 19, 2019 14:08:08 GMT -5
Anyone who bought into the Stadia hype was not paying attention to impractical reality of its services and the nonsensical marketing it was using to hide how little value it had as a gaming service. It was a clear case of people within the technology bubble not knowing or not caring about the dubious product they were peddling.
Now if you'll excuse, I need to get back to my Ouya.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Nov 19, 2019 14:13:46 GMT -5
You have to wear your Google glasses to see it properly. You need to a Google Plus account to play the games Let me go tell the people in my Hangouts...while I still can. (Execution date set for December 2020)
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Nov 19, 2019 14:15:03 GMT -5
You need to a Google Plus account to play the games Let me go tell the people in my Hangouts...while I still can. (Execution date set for December 2020) They're killing Hangouts? But where will the people catfishing go?
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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 19, 2019 14:21:11 GMT -5
Let me go tell the people in my Hangouts...while I still can. (Execution date set for December 2020) They're killing Hangouts? But where will the people catfishing go? Tinder. Take it from me on that one, Dad.
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Post by xCompackx on Nov 19, 2019 14:36:00 GMT -5
Day zero is way, way too early to be calling something a flop, especially for what's effectively a streaming service. And while the actual potential for Stadia seems to be 2020 with mobile phones, there's plenty of potential once Google gets the always-happens-at-launch hiccups fixed.
Personally, I probably won't use it just because I already have a streaming setup with my gaming PC, Moonlight, and my phone with a controller mount, but the idea of using just a Chromebook or even web browser to game is pretty damn cool.
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Post by Tenshigure on Nov 19, 2019 15:03:22 GMT -5
Anyone who bought into the Stadia hype was not paying attention to impractical reality of its services and the nonsensical marketing it was using to hide how little value it had as a gaming service. It was a clear case of people within the technology bubble not knowing or not caring about the dubious product they were peddling. I have to disagree on the bolded, because both Microsoft (with Project xCloud Beta) and Sony (with PlayStation Now) have both proven to me that in the right hands, Game Streaming Services can be executed properly and with very little flaws within proper parameters. I'm speaking of course from personal experience so YMMV, but signing into both of these services on my systems at home allowed me to play games like God of War and Crackdown 3 via PC with minimal input lag (seriously I hardly ever notice hiccups, if any), and graphical output being within ranges I'd expect for 1080p (as promised). The features they promise compared to the ones they deliver are 1:1, whereas Google is trying to 'technically honor' their promises with upscaling, but at the same time leaving out key features that sold people otherwise. Google/Alphabet backpedaled on so many of its touted features and failing to live to promises that would make even Ubisoft blush. I WAS a Founders' Edition pre-order but canceled after that paltry dozen 3-year-old games list was announced. At least Microsoft and Sony are giving you an extensive library to play for free/for a fee, compared to the 'honor of buying games for the service' that Google is trying to pull with Stadia. At least with GeForce Now, you can link Steam/Blizzard/Origin and play the games you bought through THOSE services on there, but Stadia requires you to get the keys from their own store...and no proven method of exporting should the service discontinue. I'll still fully support xCloud and Now (even bought the one-year sub to PSNow), but knowing Google's track record of abandoning things if it doesn't take off right away, I'd be shocked if Stadia is still alive within the next two years.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 18:16:15 GMT -5
For those who don't have unlimited data they couldn't afford to mess around with this.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 18:18:21 GMT -5
I mean, of course it is. It's an absurdly overpriced framework for games that are by now not at all in hot demand, wanting you to pay full price for streaming, and by all accounts seems to run like ass anyway, then there's them just naively thinking Internet companies will make it easier for consumers out of the kindness of their heart.
There was no reality in which as presented this was ever going to be a hit.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Nov 19, 2019 21:53:55 GMT -5
Anyone who bought into the Stadia hype was not paying attention to impractical reality of its services and the nonsensical marketing it was using to hide how little value it had as a gaming service. It was a clear case of people within the technology bubble not knowing or not caring about the dubious product they were peddling. Now if you'll excuse, I need to get back to my Ouya. The Ouya is a decent system. Sure you gotta hack it to get the most out of it. But once it is hacked it is a decent little system for the price. But the Stadia has looked like crap since it was announced.
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Post by Ash Kingston on Nov 20, 2019 1:54:19 GMT -5
I give it six months weeks days months.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 20, 2019 2:45:59 GMT -5
Friend of mine has one of these and shared the picture from teh stadia and his usual rig... his response is "its blurry and letterboxed for some reason" he didn't get any lag though... but it looks really bad. Also Google VP talking about ISPs being willing to upgrade their services for the stadia is rich... considering you know Google Fiber and how said ISPs fought tooth and nail to shut that down. Considering Google's tendency to just shut projects down, I can't imagine a lot of people buying into this. stadiacountdown.com/
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 20, 2019 2:51:09 GMT -5
On that note the idea of Netflix for games is a cool idea.
But it's not that... It's steam... but you don't own your games even in the vague way you do with Steam.
On that note the Xbox/MS Game Pass is far closer to the Netflix of games idea.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Nov 20, 2019 3:33:34 GMT -5
So, just a few hours away from when Jim Sterling opens a video with him cackling.
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