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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by hnick on Monday March 02, 2020 @03:04AM (#22462555)
You didn't mention latency once which is by far my biggest technical concern. The Battle Royale games you mentioned in particular wouldn't work well with any noticeable latency.

I've seen some people mention that latency makes some FPS games unplayable on the game streaming platforms they've tried. Which is fine if it's a physical limitation, there are other genres to enjoy, we should just be aware of what it's good for.

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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by alexgmcm on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:09AM (#22462853)
I've been playing Red Dead 2 on it and never had any latency issues at all.

Technically, Stadia is perfect.

It's just the poor handling of the launch and the current lack of games that is disappointing.

Although tbh by the time I've finished Red Dead I guess there will be more games.

I'm more scared of Google just killing the platform.

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Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering by comex on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:36AM (#22463243)
Red Dead 2 probably isn't the best game to test latency with, considering how much latency is added by the game itself for the sake of more realistic animations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqMqeuwxwVg

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