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> Google's got a lot of resources in NLP and language recognition/generation they could apply to NPC dialogues, massive amounts of resources could make enemy/np

> Google's got a lot of resources in NLP and language recognition/generation they could apply to NPC dialogues, massive amounts of resources could make enemy/npc AI way more impressive than what you'd see on local hardware Even if Google could develop this stuff at scale and in the cloud. Google isn't writing the games, game developers are. All of these resources you are talking about require large amounts of developer time on a unique set of resources which are in theory not available on other platforms. If Google wanted to deliver this sort of unique feature into their games, they would have to bankroll it similar to the way Microsoft bankrolled a lot of the Kinect special titles.

drusepth 7y ago
This is an interestingly timely comment, as GRID released on Stadia today sporting an exclusive 40-person race mode (up from the standard 16-person multiplayer on other platforms) that the developer says "just isn’t possible with other hardware". I think they're just scratching the surface of what's possible, and I'm excited to see how other games take advantage of the new form factor Stadia offers as time goes on. Every console has its pros and cons, and something "new" that a new console/platform can provide can definitely be appealing to some developers looking to differentiate themselves or their games from what we've come to expect as normal (or even possible, in many cases).