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My concern for Stadia revolves around Microsoft's upcoming offering. Apparently, Microsoft is simply going to rack-mount XBox hardware and stream it that way,
by eternalny1 7y ago
My concern for Stadia revolves around Microsoft's upcoming offering.
Apparently, Microsoft is simply going to rack-mount XBox hardware and stream it that way, which means the entire XBox library is instantly compatible.
For Stadia, games have to be modified specifically for it and their Linux configuration, which limits what games are announced for the platform, and requires engineering effort.
- lonelappde 7y agoIf that MS approach works, why hasn't Netflix or Gog or someone already done it for any games?
- EpicEng 7y agoThey don't have the game dev experience or the library. Seems obvious. They can stream the games for the same reason Netflix can't buy a single DVD and stream that movie to everyone on the planet.
- Jasper_ 7y agoNetflix has been trying to introduce interactive content to their platform for years. The latest attempt is Minecraft: Story Mode [0]. Netflix's architecture is designed around streaming static video files, on platforms without great latency guarantees. There can be gaps of up to a second when loading the next video file. Interactive UI and choicepoints are quite limited. Streaming live and streaming offline media require very different infrastructure. [0] https://www.netflix.com/title/80227995 https://www.netflix.com/title/80227995
- sincerely 7y agoThere was also that choose-your-own-adventure Black Mirror thing.