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Go on a number of the gaming subreddit and you’ll see Stadia is being met with distaste and hesitation. Gamers are increasingly tiring of the games-as-a-service
by FridgeSeal 7y ago
Go on a number of the gaming subreddit and you’ll see Stadia is being met with distaste and hesitation. Gamers are increasingly tiring of the games-as-a-service model, and this is a step even further in that direction.
Personally I think this will have the same lifetime as a lot of other google products: it’ll launch, have some success, and then be killed unceremoniously a couple of years down the line.
- tortarga 7y agoPeople viewing gaming subreddits most likely already own a console or gaming PC and aren't the target audience for Stadia. Google's aim is to open up gaming to new markets of people who only have low end PCs, laptops or mobile devices.
- ndiscussion 7y agoBut those people certainly do not fit the mold: > Gamers are the craziest of early adopters and tech enthusiasts. Those are the herds we all profit from. Not whales but cows. Why would I want to be on the bleeding edge and get a shit experience?
- threeseed 7y agoPeople have said exactly the same thing about: 1) software as a service 2) streaming music 3) streaming video 4) digital games There just isn't enough people caring about physically owning something these days.
- davemp 7y agoPeople (mostly) already don't physically own games on PC. Steam can in theory shut right down and most people's games would just be gone.
- blibble 7y agothe games would be patched to ignore the steam check, or the steam API emulated to bypass it entirely and since most games use the same steam stub this would be a pretty easy thing to do
- SmirkingRevenge 7y agoGo into gaming related subreddits, even for beloved and succesfull games and products - and marvel at the toxicity and negativity you'll likely see all over the place. Game reddits (and other forums) are legendarily toxic.