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Post by Ash Kingston on Nov 20, 2019 4:45:47 GMT -5
So, just a few hours away from when Jim Sterling opens a video with him cackling. Assuming the next Castle Super Beast is today, I'm pretty sure Pat is gonna bust a gut laughing, too.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Nov 20, 2019 4:52:02 GMT -5
The question 'who is this for?' Should have been asked before it got anywhere near this point as there is no good or clear answer. The telecoms infrastructure in it's biggest market flat out isn't up to what they need it to do, in the few places it is, the service providers make users pay through the nose and are trying to make it worse. They put little money into giving it a unique selling point that's actually usable, when Nintendo couldn't get third party support, they made first party games, signed up struggling developers to make games and funded sequels to cult classics like Bayonetta wouldn't otherwise exist... Google have one launch exclusive with no signs of anything else on the horizon.
They have an army of programmers, access to the sea of people developing for Android, and they didn't approach them to fund original content. This is the embodiment of half arsed.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 20, 2019 5:03:01 GMT -5
Oh, and there's this:
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 20, 2019 9:22:58 GMT -5
2K/Visual Concepts breathe a sigh of relief, thankful that they aren’t responsible for the biggest gaming mess of 2019 anymore.
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Post by Chiral on Nov 20, 2019 10:08:50 GMT -5
Stadia's led by the dude who was in charge of the PS3 and XB1 disaster launches too if memory serves.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 20, 2019 10:35:31 GMT -5
Google's habit of this isn't immediately successful let's put it on the back burner and cancel it history is likely gonna leave adopters high and dry since they don't own anything but the controller and dongle.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2019 15:28:39 GMT -5
Here's the numbers for Destiny on Stadia. Mind you, Destiny was free. That's the numbers for anyone who created a character or logged in. Now here's the Steam numbers for comparison.
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 21, 2019 15:35:13 GMT -5
I was originally interested in it as a budget option for current gen gaming. But man, everything about this sounds lousy lol.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 21, 2019 15:36:39 GMT -5
Stadia has just too many shortcomings, is too undercooked, and makes VR look hugely practical by comparison. The shallow library is no help, either.
Do I think Google will improve it? Yeah. Do I think it will be enough, soon enough? No.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Nov 21, 2019 15:41:31 GMT -5
I'll check it out when I can use it with out being a vip or whatever. I like the idea of it since my laptop isn't a gaming laptop and there are times I wish I could enjoy a good game on there. But yeah, they screwed the pooch on this so far, so much so that I canceled my pre order Founders edition
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 21, 2019 15:51:57 GMT -5
Google is a Jedi Master when it comes to Good Concept-> Poor Execution -> Plug the Plug rather than Repair/Re-image/Reuse.
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Post by H-Virus on Nov 21, 2019 16:01:50 GMT -5
The concept itself still kind of baffles me. Like, what if Netflix and Hulu decided to start making everyone pay full price for every single show and movie that they wanted to watch on top of the monthly subscription fees that you’re already paying for? I get the feeling they’d be bankrupt in less than six months because nobody would be interested in doing that. I know I certainly wouldn’t, at least.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 21, 2019 17:02:54 GMT -5
The concept itself still kind of baffles me. Like, what if Netflix and Hulu decided to start making everyone pay full price for every single show and movie that they wanted to watch on top of the monthly subscription fees that you’re already paying for? I get the feeling they’d be bankrupt in less than six months because nobody would be interested in doing that. I know I certainly wouldn’t, at least. Like I said earlier the Game Pass that Microsoft offers is far closer to Netflix for games. This is Steam... that you have to pay for... and then you don't even officially own your games.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Nov 21, 2019 17:44:15 GMT -5
It's a good idea, I just don't know if *now* is the right time for something like this.
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Post by Chainsaw on Nov 21, 2019 19:19:18 GMT -5
I get that people can certainly look at this and saying "Look, this is a WIP, it's hard to judge it on it's first days of existence." But the problem is...Google has been selling it as if ISN'T a WIP project, they've been selling it like it's a groundbreaking video game revolution, despite everyone's reservations at a platformless videogame platform. And they kind of have to, because they have to sell it like crazy in order to make it's investment money back. No one, NO ONE, trots out a product and says "This is definitely something we're going to build on, slowly at first, and hopefully in 5 years, it's as operational as a PC." Because they have a rabid need to make it seem like THE GREATEST THING EVER because they have investors and stockholders to answer to.
All of it is insane, because you almost can't win. You can either release something busted and below promises and people will buy it but it will burn your entire consumer base, or you can underpromise and try to keep peoples' expectations tempered, and no one will buy it because they don't want to be burned.
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Post by King Boo on Nov 21, 2019 19:45:01 GMT -5
Google's habit of this isn't immediately successful let's put it on the back burner and cancel it history is likely gonna leave adopters high and dry since they don't own anything but the controller and dongle. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what Google really wants - a bunch of people stuck with a useless gizmo that's listening in on everything they do.
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Post by Chainsaw on Nov 21, 2019 21:43:04 GMT -5
And believe me, I was looking into Stadia too, because I really cannot afford a $1000+ rig to stream and game, and if a platform that I can afford but just rent the games, but still play at near top level, I would have jumped on it. But so much about this didn't add up and overpromised, that I can't blame anyone who was gunshy about investing in it.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 22, 2019 7:21:11 GMT -5
Most everyone has multiple devices in their house that already listen to them....it's probably just time to accept that, that is part of todays world.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2020 15:04:26 GMT -5
www.theverge.com/2020/7/16/21326797/microsoft-xcloud-launch-xbox-game-pass-ultimate-freeLadies and gentlemen, if you thought Google Stadia wasn't dead already, here's the death blow. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is $15 a month, or $45 for three months, but you get access to a very good library of games, free downloads, and discounts. Coupled with xCloud, and the fact that Xbox One controllers typically are easy to set up for computers, as opposed to requiring the Stadia Pro setup for most devices (which is now $100 plus tax but they got rid of the free service to start). Stadia is still $9.99 a month, but given how pitiful their game offerings are still, and the inconsistent layout of their streaming service, people would probably be willing to pay an extra $5 or even $10 a month for a larger library and the ability to download games they do own as opposed to being dependent on cloud-based streaming.
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Post by Hurbster on Jul 17, 2020 17:09:23 GMT -5
I tend to stock up on Game Pass time when it's on offer. Think I'm ok through to April.
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