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It was a perfectly sensible strategic bet. 5G = easy streaming everything everywhere Their mistake was assuming the American telecoms would actually deliver r
by fatjokes 4y ago
It was a perfectly sensible strategic bet.
5G = easy streaming everything everywhere
Their mistake was assuming the American telecoms would actually deliver real 5G in any reasonable amount of time. Maybe they should've tested it in the Korean market.
- tempest_ 4y agoWhich was a stupid bet given the problems things like OnLive had. They also had that bald dude out there doing tone def interviews talking like everyone has internet like the bay area and if they didn't then those customers didn't matter.
- rightbyte 4y ago> has internet like the bay area Like, expensive and bad? I had better internet in my paremts' summer hut than in Palo Alto.
- sascha_sl 4y agoEven with fiber (or hell, LAN), game streaming is still very much inferior to a local experience for many games. The only market they can capture is casual users that still want to play AAA console games, when most of the casual audience is on phones. At $60-$80 dollar per game, it's not too far to just buy an Xbox Series S for $300. Plus Game Pass is a great way to find a game you enjoy without investing time into research or money into trying a bunch of games.
- SahAssar 4y agoEven on low-latency fiber connections it was laggy. 5G wouldn't have changed the situation much.