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I knew Stadia would fail when I first heard about the project. It's a gaming product built by people who clearly have no idea about gaming or typical domestic i
by Techies4Trump 7y ago
I knew Stadia would fail when I first heard about the project. It's a gaming product built by people who clearly have no idea about gaming or typical domestic internet connections.
If they had done some basic market research they could have saved themselves a ton of money.
I have a Ps4 and recently tried out the PS4 now streaming service, and while it was nice to try, I would not subscribe because of one reason: to much lag. And I have a very good internet connection and ethernet connection. I also live in a city where there are datacenters which host service.
Even then the lag was unaccceptable to me and I wouldn't even call myself an avid gamer. I'm just a moderate gamer.
There's only a certain type of game that is feasible over a streaming service and that is slow-paced strategy type games, or adventure games. Anything that requires fast reactions who's work. Kids won't like it. Kids will demand a PS4 or PS5 from their parents.
Putting games like Doom on Stadia is pure idiocy. These are the wrong type of game to put on it.
In any case, it will certainly fail and be shut down pretty soon.
- atq2119 7y agoDon't underestimate the difference in scale between Google's network and whatever powers the other streaming services... I'm bearish on streaming games as well, but if there's one company that has the potential and know-how to solve the hard problems, it's Google.
- Techies4Trump 7y agoI'm sure Google has the edge in terms of technical know-how but launching a successful game streaming service is about so much more than getting pixels on a screen fast. I think Stadia has come about 20 years too early. Cloud gaming makes sense, but the infrastructure isn't there yet.