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On the original rumors about Stadia I did think Google was going to revolutionize the industry, particularly in social/massively-multiple games. Starting with t

On the original rumors about Stadia I did think Google was going to revolutionize the industry, particularly in social/massively-multiple games. Starting with the development stack that would leverage a coherent, synchronized world that is massively malleable -- huge banks of systems connected in the microsecond latency range with virtually unlimited throughput, massive neural engines, etc. Destructables, enormous player counts, a completely dynamic environment, virtually eliminating cheating, etc -- it would change everything. But then they come out with some hosted older games. Eh. Maybe the big reveal will come out eventually, but this far it's pretty disappointing.

quantdev 7y ago
So what? Products improve. This one will too. Imagine seeing an ad on Youtube and immediately being able to play the game on your chromebook. I don't know that's what is going to happen and it can't work today, but maybe in a few years.
- maest 7y ago
  That's such a slippery argument. You can always underdeliver as long as you promise that 'products improve. This one will too'. How about I don't pay the monthly subscription/for the controller and tell Google that "payments improve. Mine will too"? I'm obviously salty because I preordered Stadia (against my better judgement) and it's terrible.
  - ircody 7y ago
    What’s terrible about it?
    - maest 7y ago
      Latency is pretty bad (GFN by comparison works fine for me). Samurai Shodown, a brawler game, is mostly unplayable. The overall quality is very beta (black screen in Stadia unless you disable hardware acceleration, which I have to do every time, Stadia can't easily handle multiple Google accounts, I have to change accounts every single time). Probably worst thing is very Google-like support. Super long queues for "Customer Care", phonelines are closed at 10:30 AM because they're "Out of hours".

quantdev 7y ago

So what? Products improve. This one will too. Imagine seeing an ad on Youtube and immediately being able to play the game on your chromebook. I don't know that's what is going to happen and it can't work today, but maybe in a few years.

maest 7y ago
That's such a slippery argument. You can always underdeliver as long as you promise that 'products improve. This one will too'. How about I don't pay the monthly subscription/for the controller and tell Google that "payments improve. Mine will too"? I'm obviously salty because I preordered Stadia (against my better judgement) and it's terrible.
- ircody 7y ago
  What’s terrible about it?
  - maest 7y ago
    Latency is pretty bad (GFN by comparison works fine for me). Samurai Shodown, a brawler game, is mostly unplayable. The overall quality is very beta (black screen in Stadia unless you disable hardware acceleration, which I have to do every time, Stadia can't easily handle multiple Google accounts, I have to change accounts every single time). Probably worst thing is very Google-like support. Super long queues for "Customer Care", phonelines are closed at 10:30 AM because they're "Out of hours".