Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering
by unlinked_dll on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:56AM
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It's weird seeing comments like this in HN. The "proven" approach is just a less controversial way of lighting money on fire.
Google wasn't going "all in" on "unproven" technology. They were making a strategic investment in a new market segment using technologies and people that it already was an expert in rather than trying to follow the footsteps of competitors that have several decades lead on them. And they're not betting the bank on stadia. They could turn it off tomorrow and it wouldn't make a blip of difference to the health of the company.
Re:Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering
by lostgame on Monday March 02, 2020 @10:41AM
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Wow. This is an absurdly valid point, that would’ve been the way to go.
It’s true that at this moment - I don’t even know what, other than the streaming side, Stadia is even based on.
Edit: Apparently it’s Debian and Vulkan? Because that’s what every game developer uses as their tool chain, right? eye roll
If they did that, they could offer cloud gaming as a niche service on that platform, to test the waters, meanwhile they are building up a solid user base.
Instead they decided to go all-in on unproven technology, launched with barely any games available and no clear path forward.