Is it really the future? If so, how long until it becomes workable and mainstream?
Redpill me on cloud gaming
Evan Campbell
Jackson Turner
Its shit and will probably go the way of microconsoles
Cooper Young
>games are encrypted to prevent tampering
>Google higher ups will probably kill the services in a couple of years anyway and you will have spent money for nothing
>you are paying for input lag
>you are paying for lag
>you are paying for getting legally ddosed
>you are paying to get spied on
>you are paying to get banned if you say a bad word
Basically you are paying for Twitter
Xavier Thompson
I honestly can't think of a worse gaming platform and I hope and pray that it fails. Stadia is DRM's final, unbeatable, and most invasive form and will be the last nail against video game ownership.
Dominic Lopez
Problem 1: Connection speed
Even if your connection is fast on paper, chances are it's not consistent since it's not any kind of premium business solution. This is not a problem when watching ordinary videos since those can be buffered. But oh wait, there's nothing to buffer when you're streaming a game so expect hiccups all the damn time.
Problem 2: Distance between client and server
Game streaming delay is nothing like the "regular" ping you know from online games. Regular games process your input client-side and only synchronize a small amount of key info with multiplayer servers. With streaming there is no client side, all your inputs will be simply delayed by 2x your ping to Google's server.
Problem 3: Pricing model
Google's offer is seriously starting to look like a solution to a problem nobody has. Buying consoles was never a barrier for the general public, there seems to be no point to all this if you still have to buy the games normally.
Aaron Allen
I preordered this shit. I'm willing to see how it performs.
Jackson Peterson
It wont be a failure, but it wont be "mainstream" either. It will find its niche because it does have a legitimate role to fill, ie. normalfags always going on business trips who don't want to take their consoles/PCs with them to every hotel they need to visit.
Leo Garcia
>Google higher ups will probably kill the services in a couple of years anyway and you will have spent money for nothing
I don't know about that one, Youtube makes negative money but they keep it going to have a monopoly, something similar might happen if they really think streaming is the future
Kayden Moore
Why? Because you don't have the files sitting on your hdd. At least with Steam you can enforce your ownership with cracks if things go bad. Stadia? It's all on Google's servers which means no tinkering allowee and we'll be entering a dark age for game preservation. I'm playing games now that are around 15 years old. Where will your Stadia favorites be in 15 years?
Isaiah Barnes
I have a backlog, lots of emulators and not a single interest on modern games that are not military flight sims, ArmA or Touhou.