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Not OP but Stadia user. Played only a few minutes, but it ran well. There's a few people over at r/stadia claiming to be stuck, but I didn't read to much into
by axaxs 6y ago
Not OP but Stadia user. Played only a few minutes, but it ran well. There's a few people over at r/stadia claiming to be stuck, but I didn't read to much into whether it's true...might be worth it to check out.
I'm an absolute Stadia fanboy. I wasn't really interested in Cyberpunk, but they offered a free controller/chromecast if you preordered, so it's kinda hard to say no. Let me know if you have any questions.
- echelon 6y ago> I'm an absolute Stadia fanboy. I'm horrified of Stadia. Google does not need to be in the games business. I'm a twice-burned Google Play Music user with thousands of dollars in music purchases. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but I'd be willing to bet money that Stadia is going to be shut down and all of your purchases, saves, etc. will be deleted.
- Hamuko 6y agoGoogle Play Music purchases couldn't be exported?
- zerocrates 6y agoPlay Music purchases could be downloaded directly through the service when it was still running. They were also transferred over to YouTube Music (and I think can be downloaded from there also), and I believe are/were accessible through Takeout as well.
- Hamuko 6y agoThat sounds pretty fine then. I have zero expectations of any Stadia user getting anything once the service goes down.
- zerocrates 6y agoYeah, I wouldn't expect users to be able to get anything "out" of Stadia.
- Hamuko 6y agoAt best I can see Google throwing like a year or two worth of some Google One tier service as compensation if they kill it.
- CraigJPerry 6y agoStadia as an idea appeals to me but i just can’t see myself signing up for those exact reasons. I’m expected to pay retail for the games i want but in effect i only get to rent them. Nah, no thanks.
- axaxs 6y agoI like Stadia despite Google, not because of, sadly. I don't like having so many eggs in one basket, but it really is by far the best streaming experience. I gave GFN and Luna a fair shot. I wanted to love Luna before it was even released. All that said, sure it could be shut down. But so could PS5, or XBOX. Sure it's probably less likely, but I've come to expect nothing is forever and to enjoy what's here while it's here. And personally speaking, this is probably easier for me since the number of times I go back to play an old game is essentially zero. I'd imagine most console folks are similar.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoThere's no way Stadia will succeed. Sure, Google care now, but they are gonna drop this like a hot potato once the promotions come through. From speaking to devs who engage with Google on Stadia, it appears to be a tire fire, in that the Google people don't appear to care about how much work the gamedevs need to put in to keep up with their API changes (much like lots of Google services, actually). Because of the poor devrel, I will be incredibly shocked if Stadia survives another two years. Without a financial incentive, I'm not sure Stadia would have any games, and financial incentives don't fix the extra work needed when google change things for no reason (or not for a reason that gamedevs are likely to accept).
- sombrero_guitar 6y agoIt sounds like Google has plenty of plans for Stadia in the years to come. > What I can tell you is that we’ve built a roadmap of about 400 games in development right now from 200 developers. So when those games land, whether it’s in the calendar year of 2021 or beyond, is something that you’ll hear more from us in the future. Will there be more developers and more games on the platform? Absolutely. But frankly speaking, my team is almost done with 2021. We’re thinking about 2022 right now — that’s our focus. 2023 is really kind of where we’re aiming our sights. 2021 is in incredible shape. Hopefully, that gives you a sense of the scale of where we’re moving. https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/11/19/google-stadia-jack-buser-director-of-games-anniversary-interview/ https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/11/19/google-stadia-jack-buser-... And Stadia Games and Entertainment, the publisher arm, mentioned "special bonuses" for RPGs coming in 2023 and beyond. https://9to5google.com/2020/11/16/stadia-games-entertainment-seeking-2023-beyond/ https://9to5google.com/2020/11/16/stadia-games-entertainment...
- tdrgabi 6y agoWhenever Stadia conversation comes, I always wonder if I'm missing something. Why subscribe to Stadia and risk losing your games when you can subscribe to GeforceNow and play your own games in the cloud. If GeforceNow goes under ... fine, you still have your games. I don't get the appeal of Stadia and I'm wondering what am I missing.
- axaxs 6y agoGeforce Now, due to developer/studio backlash, removed the ability to play most AAA titles. No Rockstar, Bethesda, etc. The only big name I can think of that remains is Ubisoft.
- harpratap 6y agoIt's the same argument as buying digital copies of your Music via iTunes or something vs Spotify. And we all know who won. The convenience of streaming games is too hard to give up
- Hamuko 6y agoI don't think Spotify will actually sell you music that you will still need Spotify's servers to keep running in order to access.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y agoThe difference is that Google has a well-known reputation for killing products.
- tirpen 6y agoThe problem is that Stadia is streaming only, so no downloads or offline play, but you still have to buy each individual games. So it doesn't fit either side in your analogy since it cherry-picks the bad parts of both alternatives.
- ric2b 6y agoThat sounds like an argument against Stadia, which forces you to rebuy all your games instead of just paying for the service like with GeForce Now.
- Grazester 6y agoDidn't Google play music allow you to download the music you purchased there? Because I had to option to download mine and I did.
- camel_Snake 6y agoI think this is a very valid concern. I've bought 2 games on Stadia so far, and the solace for me is I don't ever really re-play games I've finished like I relisten to albums. Same with books, tv, movies, etc. It's just not my style, so the potential for Stadia to go poof in a year or two is fine by me, assuming it was a good value while it was still going.
- Hamuko 6y ago>I wasn't really interested in Cyberpunk, but they offered a free controller/chromecast if you preordered, so it's kinda hard to say no. I think that offer is still active for a bit. I'm tempted to buy it at 60€ and then sell off at least the Chromecast to offset my Stadia rental. Google has a data center in southern Finland (about 150 km away), so maybe I won't even suffer that bad of a latency.
- dijit 6y agoThe latency is actually affected more by the codec you’re using. (Surprisingly). If you make sure you’re using vp9 hardware decoding then you shouldn’t notice it- I didn’t (and I’m right in the middle of the two main European DCs and nowhere near a google PoP)
- Hamuko 6y agoI want to play it on a Mac so I don't think VP9 hardware decoding is an option for me.
- camel_Snake 6y agoI play on mac, I just installed the Stadia+ chrome extension and it told me I was using vp9, though maybe not hardware decoded? I don't really have a way to verify that for you though.
- Hamuko 6y agoI don't think hardware VP9 decoding, and therefore 4K, is available on a Mac.