When will Google shut down Stadia?

Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by mempko on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:30PM (#21596753)

You do realize that streaming games is an old idea and has been tried many times and Google's competitors do or will have similar services. Google isn't doing anything new here. They don't have any first-move advantage. The only advantage they have is infrastructure and scale. Whether that is enough, we shall see.

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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by 40acres on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:39PM (#21596892)

I do understand that this is an old idea. My TV actually has a steaming service for games built in but I have never used it because I doubt the performance would be up to standard.

The innovation is not necessarily in the product but in the engineering required to make the product feasible. There is a long history of tech that simply is too early for the current environment. Google is betting the cloud gaming has reached a point of viability and it's very exciting to see them tackle the challenge.

Obviously there are concerns with the products. Specifically paying for games, the games itself, etc. But generally I'm excited for this effort.

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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by EpicEng on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:59PM (#21597163)

>The innovation is not necessarily in the product but in the engineering required to make the product feasible.

Yet their launch has been plauged by issues and latency is still a massive problem. They didn't crack the nut, so again, what's innovative here?

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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by effingwewt on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:47PM (#21597007)

There is ZERO innovation here. This is simply google trying to lock more people in to a service they will later try to pivot, which will then be canceled. I'm glad you are excited for this, and I hope to be proven wrong, but like all others I see a google service and wonder how long until EOL

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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by hyperdimension on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:13PM (#21597354)

> My TV actually has a steaming service

Nice Freudian slip there. We have a "smart" TV here that's never been connected to the Internet. They seem to just universally suck.

For extra credit, our TV is a Roku TV, and from the CEOs comments, I doubt I'll ever connect it to the Internet. At least until they start coming with 4G connectivity built-in...(!)

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