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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by p1necone on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:15PM (#25995940)
Because playing with video compression, a max of 60fps and added latency is not ideal.
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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by enos_feedler on Monday February 01, 2021 @08:08PM (#25996344)
That's a fair point. I take this as being similar to reading a book on an iPad vs a kindle. Sure I can read a book on an iPad, but a kindle gives me a better "book experience". Streaming games is like reading a book on an iPad. Owning a PC or console is like reading the book on a device that is better suited for the format.
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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by Marsymars on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @02:56AM (#25998352)
That analogy probably lands differently for different people. I haven’t used Stadia and don’t have a strong opinion of it. (But I’m open to it - my normal gaming approach is along the lines of XKCD 606 - I’m currently working through my PS3 library.) However, I find reading books on an iPad to be viscerally unpleasant, even though an iPad is my primary mobile computing device.
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