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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by hyperpallium on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:22PM (#21597453)
Google Suggest is low latency, and required a huge effort, driven from the top.

Cloud gaming needs even lower latency. I don't think it's possible, but if google is doing the serious datacenter work, it must be a testbed for something else, because gaming isn't worth it anyway.

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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by gilrain on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:42PM (#21597727)
"gaming isn't worth it anyway"

> By 2018, the United States video game industry had matched that of the Unites States film industry on basis of revenue, with both industries having made around US$43 billion that year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_industry

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Re:When will Google shut down Stadia? by hyperpallium on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:39PM (#21598552)
Google's revenue in 2018 was $137B... but you're right, a slice of $43B may be worth it to them.
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