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> I wouldn't call Stadia a joke What kind of gaming platform randomly bans high profile game devs. because an automated Youtube bot told them to? A bad joke of

by josefx 4y ago

> I wouldn't call Stadia a joke What kind of gaming platform randomly bans high profile game devs. because an automated Youtube bot told them to? A bad joke of one. > It does in fact work quite well. Didn't they fake high res video streams by up scaling bad renders? Haven't used it but as far as I understand there was quite a bit of overpromising and underdelivering going on. > other first-party console alternatives, Their competition would be GeForce Now from NVIDIA. Which not only is still a thing but also predates Stadia by several years. > agreed that it was a good experience...and then pretty much never touched it again. So did the free trial run out? Where the games crap? Have you ever asked them why they decided that it wasn't worth using?

sithadmin 4y ago
Google's auto-ban/content moderation issues are a separate issue from the tech, which is fine. I never noticed issues with resolution or rendering, and haven't heard complaints about it from friends who tried it. We all ended up abandoning Stadia due to there being better options elsewhere, not because Stadia itself (aside from game selection perhaps) was bad.
- josefx 4y ago
  > and haven't heard complaints about it from friends who tried it. You mean the same friends that "just stopped using it"? There is something weird about the combination of purely positive feedback and everyone you know dropping it.
  - sithadmin 4y ago
    There's nothing weird about it all, and I'm confused as to why you chose to nitpick at that statement in particular. That particular statement was with regard to suggested technical issues surrounding graphics. My friends and I generally found the play experience to be unobjectionable. My very statement explains that we all abandoned the product in favor of alternatives that provided a superior experience in one way or the other, not necessarily related to play experience. I for one prefer the versatility that a general low-latency desktop session via Parsec provides. Another friend that's deeply invested in the Xbox ecosystem preferred to use Microsoft's competing game streaming offering.
- Retric 4y ago
  Customers are paying for a service not just tech. Google makes some great tech demos, but seemingly has no idea what to do after that. They are really bad at providing services for money and auto-ban, game selection etc are all symptoms of the same issue. Which is why Stadia is a bad joke.

by josefx 4y ago

sithadmin 4y ago

Google's auto-ban/content moderation issues are a separate issue from the tech, which is fine. I never noticed issues with resolution or rendering, and haven't heard complaints about it from friends who tried it. We all ended up abandoning Stadia due to there being better options elsewhere, not because Stadia itself (aside from game selection perhaps) was bad.

josefx 4y ago
> and haven't heard complaints about it from friends who tried it. You mean the same friends that "just stopped using it"? There is something weird about the combination of purely positive feedback and everyone you know dropping it.
- sithadmin 4y ago
  There's nothing weird about it all, and I'm confused as to why you chose to nitpick at that statement in particular. That particular statement was with regard to suggested technical issues surrounding graphics. My friends and I generally found the play experience to be unobjectionable. My very statement explains that we all abandoned the product in favor of alternatives that provided a superior experience in one way or the other, not necessarily related to play experience. I for one prefer the versatility that a general low-latency desktop session via Parsec provides. Another friend that's deeply invested in the Xbox ecosystem preferred to use Microsoft's competing game streaming offering.
Retric 4y ago
Customers are paying for a service not just tech. Google makes some great tech demos, but seemingly has no idea what to do after that. They are really bad at providing services for money and auto-ban, game selection etc are all symptoms of the same issue. Which is why Stadia is a bad joke.