Re:Microsoft gets green light in UK to buy Activision
by monlockandkey on Friday October 13, 2023 @05:31AM
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I used Stadia extensively and it was truly truly a mind boggling experience. People rag on about latency and "how you can't be physics with the speed of light". But that was simply not the case. Even with a 20mbps down and laptop WiFi, I could instantly jump into triple AAA games and play it. Had lots of fun completing Metro Exodus back then.
Is it a flawless experience? Of course not, it will never match a native PC. But that is not the point at all. The image was a reasonable quality and the latency whilst ever so slightly noticeable, you get used to it after 5 minutes as you get lost in the game. Even played a bit of Destiny 2 and fast paced rhythm games without any issue.
It's not meant to "takeaway muh PC". It's an alternative to those who don't have the horsepower to run these games. Your expectations need to run with this.
Is it a flawless experience? Of course not, it will never match a native PC. But that is not the point at all. The image was a reasonable quality and the latency whilst ever so slightly noticeable, you get used to it after 5 minutes as you get lost in the game. Even played a bit of Destiny 2 and fast paced rhythm games without any issue.
It's not meant to "takeaway muh PC". It's an alternative to those who don't have the horsepower to run these games. Your expectations need to run with this.