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Google is shutting down Stadia
Google’s cloud gaming service launched three years ago.
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Google is shutting down Stadia
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www.theverge.com
Google is shutting down Stadia
Google’s cloud gaming service launched three years ago.
www.theverge.com
Stadia is hsutting down on January 18, 2022
Took their time announcing it, heh?
The only reason this failed is because they were incredibly stupid about their monetary method. If they would have just made it a subscription service they would have been fine.
Where's Phil Harrison going next?
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Same with all streaming services... they all fail.
Streaming is just not a good delivery method for gaming. It works for film and music due to the lower information needs, one direction, passive nature of the mediums vs gaming and buffering etc.
Music and film tech is pretty mature and stagnant now. Gaming however is always moving forward, always needs more resources, more bandwidth, faster frames, higher resolution, more detailed models and textures etc etc.
Also centralizing gaming into large data centers is unwise, if any of them get hit or get a virus, that is gaming down. Natural disasters, storms, earthquakes...down.
Moving ownership, profiles, friends lists, save files etc away and data collection. Raising prices to access consistently until you have no option.
Horrible idea.
Streaming is just not a good delivery method for gaming. It works for film and music due to the lower information needs, one direction, passive nature of the mediums vs gaming and buffering etc.
Music and film tech is pretty mature and stagnant now. Gaming however is always moving forward, always needs more resources, more bandwidth, faster frames, higher resolution, more detailed models and textures etc etc.
Also centralizing gaming into large data centers is unwise, if any of them get hit or get a virus, that is gaming down. Natural disasters, storms, earthquakes...down.
Moving ownership, profiles, friends lists, save files etc away and data collection. Raising prices to access consistently until you have no option.
Horrible idea.
I remember people hyping up this service and I was one of the ones that said "This will be in the google graveyard in no time." I do not feel sorry anyone who bought this and defended it.
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No surprise there. Cloud gaming is garbage.
I tried the free version once (maybe it was a trial of the pro version, can't remember). I'll freely admit it worked fairly well, and I was left impressed by the tech.
But the idea of paying outright for games I could only access by streaming was a non-starter, and always will be for me.
Netflix-style a la carte services like PS Now are more interesting. My first playthrough of TLOU was on Now. It's strictly inferior to running locally, but instant access makes for an interesting tradeoff.
But the idea of paying outright for games I could only access by streaming was a non-starter, and always will be for me.
Netflix-style a la carte services like PS Now are more interesting. My first playthrough of TLOU was on Now. It's strictly inferior to running locally, but instant access makes for an interesting tradeoff.
That's good of them to refund hardware and software sales from the Google store, they don't have to do that.
I truly think game streaming is going to die off.
I've written many essays on why.. from the early days of OnLive.
My summation has always been "Tech is impressive, it still makes no sense."
The problem with it isn't just lack of real consumer demand, it's that the business model doesn't really make a ton of sense.. like really it makes no fucking sense lol
I've written many essays on why.. from the early days of OnLive.
My summation has always been "Tech is impressive, it still makes no sense."
The problem with it isn't just lack of real consumer demand, it's that the business model doesn't really make a ton of sense.. like really it makes no fucking sense lol