Report: Google deprioritizes Stadia as it shifts to securing streaming deals
A new report today says that Google is deprioritizing Google Stadia while it's in the process of shopping the cloud gam…
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lol yeah I almost posted about this yesterday but I hadn't really read anything about it
I still haven't, but I will say that it cracks me up so hard when I think about all the people who got so hyped up about this back when it was coming out.
I still haven't, but I will say that it cracks me up so hard when I think about all the people who got so hyped up about this back when it was coming out.
Barnabot
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get fucked google and whoever comes with this streaming games console idea.
More D.O.Adia. No one likes Streaming games besides that dude that used to shill for them on GAF.
It's a service that's tolerable to a extent but less than ideal If it's your only source for gaming.
It's a service that's tolerable to a extent but less than ideal If it's your only source for gaming.
Yep, and it's the future the big companies are desperate to see happen.
They get all the money from the storefront, they produce nothing tangible, and when you stop paying your monthly bill, you have nothing to show for it. Perfect for them, horrible for us. And there are so many cheerleaders for it...
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The public deprioritized it a week after launch. Google can fuck right off.
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Awful name too. Sounds like a sugar substitute or a minivan from Nissan. They should've called it Gstaadia, that way it would've at least appealed to the Swiss and rich vacationing New Englanders.
Helljumper
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I think the base idea wasn't bad, 10 bucks a month instead of buying physical hardware for way more and being able to play on every device with a screen. Then of course buying games. But everyone expected a Netflix for games and that wasn't what Stadia was about. Google misread the market and launched a wrong business model.
Also, streaming quality, latency and all that. But I think many casual fans would be ok with that if they had like 20 bucks a month and a good library of games for "free".
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I dunno, the problem as I see it is that most people realize for $20 a month, you're gonna get what you pay for. For a movie streaming service, $20/mo makes sense, but to most people who are interested in games enough to actually sign up for this, I really wouldn't be expecting much and that would make me question why I was bothering to begin with. Plus, tying the ability to play to one's internet connection is just always gonna limit the appeal; in North America, there are still vast swaths of the country with shit internet and some that have no high speed at all. And even those who do, some have caps, some have varying swings in quality.
I think the idea is interesting but not worth exploring. Usually when something else comes along, it's to make life better, less restrictive for the end user and Stadia did neither of those things IMO. I think that's where MS' Gamepass makes more sense, because you download the games and aren't being buggered by latency and issues like that when actually playing them.
EDIT: wow just saw it was $10/mo that's even worse.
Stadia was dead from the beginning. Especially once MS starts with Gamepass + 5bucks for the ability to stream the games and you don't even need to own any hardware, what could Stadia possibly bring to the table.
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Totally agreed. MS also smartly started selling a payment instead of a purchase. I know some people who couldn't afford to drop a half a grand on a Series X, but they can scratch up $35 a month. With that, you own the hardware, and you get an unlimited supply of games delivered in a much more doable format.
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him.
Still cant believe Google with its deep pockets didnt buy/build 3-4 studios ahead of launching a platform. Or at least money hat a major AAA game for a 1year exclusive. Instead that got some C-tier stuff that made them look cheap and uncommitted to the platform.
Still cant believe Google with its deep pockets didnt buy/build 3-4 studios ahead of launching a platform. Or at least money hat a major AAA game for a 1year exclusive. Instead that got some C-tier stuff that made them look cheap and uncommitted to the platform.
gameragodzilla
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That's his name , think he got banned for being such a obvious shill
Yeah, the speed with which Google go from 'great idea Brad let's do this!!!' to 'Hey Brad why don't we go trekking in the Forest this weekend? Just you, me and Klaus. ' is crazy.
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I'm fairly sure that in 15 years, if the decibel response to a Keynote reveal is less than stellar, Klaus will be waiting off stage.
quickwhips
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Google never goes all in so in the end they will lose out to Amazon , Sony and Microsoft.
Remember that reveal showcase? Christ, it was fucking terrible. Even before it launched it was on the way out.
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gameragodzilla
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Yeah, I 'member. The business model, in particular, was tone deaf when the technology itself was already met with high amounts of skepticism.
Helljumper
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I'm amazed they managed to get it so wrong. If there's any company that knows what the masses want, surely it's Google.
Stadia shows that having a lot of money and advanced tech resources doesn't automatically mean you will win in this industry.
Stadia shows that having a lot of money and advanced tech resources doesn't automatically mean you will win in this industry.
Paying a monthly fee to then have access to a store where you can purchase full-priced games that you can only play as long as you keep paying the monthly fee on a streaming service that probably works like shit in your area anyway.
What an amazing business.
What an amazing business.
gameragodzilla
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Not only that, but you completely lack access to the files, so if Google decides to shut down the service completely like they're in the process of doing now, well all the money you spent buying that game went completely up in smoke.
Meanwhile, I can still play Doom 3 or Crysis anytime I want because they're installed my local machine, and with no DRM either.