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Re:"Google Stadia is not a product that exists because peopl... by drusepth on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @05:10PM (#21578847)
I feel like they're giving a free fighting game because they understand their market. The biggest worry people have before they try it is latency, but almost everyone that's sat down to play it so far has talked about how it feels nearly indistinguishable from a console latency-wise.

A game that demands low latency (like a fighting game) is a great way to demo how noticable (or not) the latency is on your setup before you buy any other games that need little to no latency to enjoy.

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Re:"Google Stadia is not a product that exists because peopl... by magashna on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:15PM (#21580818)
> but almost everyone that's sat down to play it so far has talked about how it feels nearly indistinguishable from a console latency-wise.

Nearly every review I've seen mentions that there's just enough latency for it to not feel good, with some visual stuttering occasionally.

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Re:"Google Stadia is not a product that exists because peopl... by drusepth on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @11:59PM (#21581218)
I think I've seen one or two reviews from people that have actually tried it and say they noticed latency/lag, with dozens of reviews from people who haven't tried it saying that would probably be the case. The other reviews so far (that I've seen, I guess) have all been from people effectively saying they might not even realize they were streaming from the cloud if they didn't know otherwise.

Mine gets here tomorrow though, so I guess I'll wait and see for myself.

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Re:"Google Stadia is not a product that exists because peopl... by jpadkins on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:06PM (#21598080)
citations please? All the reviews I read said it worked great on home networks.
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Re:"Google Stadia is not a product that exists because peopl... by drusepth on Saturday November 23, 2019 @03:47AM (#21613146)
Now that people are actually playing it instead of speculating, we're probably going to see a lot more of those versus reviews saying there will "probably" be a lot of lag.

I've had 1 lag spike (that resolved itself almost immediately) in almost 2 days of playing on my home network, with zero problems so far. It's honestly pretty mind-blowing.

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