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If it is Project Stream, Google better announce some serious partnerships alongside the service. Their best bet would probably be to outright buy a major publis

• mrep 8y ago
  Why would they need to buy a publisher? I'm guessing they would just launch it as a subscription service which gets you access to stream games and then you would have to buy each game individually to play them.
  • Steltek 8y ago
    That's a dubious proposition. Spend a fair bit of money on games only to have Google cancel the product later. I mentioned Nvidia in another thread but they partnered with Valve/Steam to stream games you purchase there. Steam is unlikely to suddenly fold up and vanish.
    • mrep 8y ago
      Maybe, maybe not. I played assassins creed during the beta and they are actually giving me a full copy of the game soon so I don't see why they wouldn't be able to give users full copies to the games they bought if they ever shut it down.
      • bilbo0s 8y ago
        If that's not an explicit commitment in their terms and conditions though, yeah, it'll be a pretty hard sell. (At least for me anyway. I take my gaming seriously.) Google has an uncomfortable tendency to cancel projects.
  • dragonwriter 8y ago
    > Why would they need to buy a publisher? If it is a subscription plus purchase games service, they need guarantee of games available to justify the subscription price; either buying or partnering with an existing publisher or distribution channel would be a way to do this (making a deal with Steam where you link your Steam Account and any games you have on Steam are streamable would probably be a bigger win than buying a publisher.)