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I have zero interest in Stadia personally and I would consider myself a gamer. I just feel like I want less latency and video over internet doesn't seem like it

I have zero interest in Stadia personally and I would consider myself a gamer. I just feel like I want less latency and video over internet doesn't seem like it's going to catch up with a 4-6ft video cable direct to my monitor / TV. If Stadia is successful I can see it being a way to pay for new data centers for Google's cloud infrastructure. If you consider that most consoles last a 4-5 years, they cost ~$299-500 over that period, that's ~$39-$125 per year for the generation. Instead of the users owning the machine locally, Google installs a consoles worth of power in a data center. Once the generation is over, the data center is still there and Google has put all that money into a semi-new server datacenter infrastructure that can be rolled into Google's Cloud service offerings. "Kids" / Gaming money then pays for "Adults" / Cloud Server infrastructure. The idea sounds great as long as there are enough gamers who don't mind the latency. I am unfamiliar with the lifespan of a Google data center but I imagine it's around 5+ years.

koala_man 7y ago
A console and a Google project has a similar life expectancy, but when the console EoLs, you can continue to use it indefinitely for free if you want.
- radium3d 7y ago
  Yes, that is another reason I prefer local hardware too. But Google can't sell enterprise priced cloud services with the console in your house (yet).
mopsi 7y ago
> I just feel like I want less latency and video over internet doesn't seem like it's going to catch up with a 4-6ft video cable direct to my monitor / TV. It's already close, I've gotten stable <20 ms over 100 m distance with Steam Link in standard 1 gigabit ethernet LAN without any tweaks (QoS etc). This is enough to play slower performance-heavy games like citybuilders without noticing any difference compared to playing on a local computer.
- radium3d 7y ago
  Dunno, I also game in 144hz+ so I'm definitely not their target audience and I'll never sign up likely. Not only that but my next monitor will be HDR color and at least 144-240hz which will just not be possible via the web for a long time to come.
Narishma 7y ago
> If you consider that most consoles last a 4-5 years That was the case decades ago when technology was advancing fast. The last couple of generations are more like 7 years and future generations will probably last even longer.
- radium3d 7y ago
  Even better for Google as that means they don't have to upgrade their gaming servers as often = more data centers from Gamer money.

koala_man 7y ago

A console and a Google project has a similar life expectancy, but when the console EoLs, you can continue to use it indefinitely for free if you want.

radium3d 7y ago
Yes, that is another reason I prefer local hardware too. But Google can't sell enterprise priced cloud services with the console in your house (yet).

mopsi 7y ago

> I just feel like I want less latency and video over internet doesn't seem like it's going to catch up with a 4-6ft video cable direct to my monitor / TV. It's already close, I've gotten stable <20 ms over 100 m distance with Steam Link in standard 1 gigabit ethernet LAN without any tweaks (QoS etc). This is enough to play slower performance-heavy games like citybuilders without noticing any difference compared to playing on a local computer.

radium3d 7y ago
Dunno, I also game in 144hz+ so I'm definitely not their target audience and I'll never sign up likely. Not only that but my next monitor will be HDR color and at least 144-240hz which will just not be possible via the web for a long time to come.

Narishma 7y ago

> If you consider that most consoles last a 4-5 years That was the case decades ago when technology was advancing fast. The last couple of generations are more like 7 years and future generations will probably last even longer.

radium3d 7y ago
Even better for Google as that means they don't have to upgrade their gaming servers as often = more data centers from Gamer money.