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NVIDIA very much doesn’t want that, but it sees the writing on the wall and needs to secure its future revenue stream when game streaming becomes fully viable f

NVIDIA very much doesn’t want that, but it sees the writing on the wall and needs to secure its future revenue stream when game streaming becomes fully viable for all. GeForce Now at the 4080 tier costs $20 a month an RTX 4080 costs $1200>… if you live within the coverage area where you can stream at 120-240fps it’s almost a no brainer since the price of a high end GPU is 5-6 years of service in which you’ll get an upgrade every 18-24 months. What NVIDIA lacks is deals with publishers or its own gaming IP. I think that Google killed of Stadia not because it thought that game streaming is a dead end but because it calculated that it already has lost the fight to Microsoft and maybe even Sony since both of them now have racks or consoles to stream games from. NVIDIA is just looking for a life raft because it can’t drop out of its primary market.

enos_feedler 4y ago
Agree with the Stadia. I think the calculus was around cost vs. potential for a moat. Streaming PC ports is not a moatable platform. They wanted to do unique things for games that no other platform could do. Unless the game industry latched onto that the moat just isn’t there. Might as well run a commodity GPU PC streaming service and sell the utility to others. This is exactly what they are doing with Stadia in the cloud.
deafpolygon 4y ago
> Google killed of Stadia not because it thought that game streaming is a dead end but because it calculated that it already has lost the fight to Microsoft Agreed on this. What IP did they actually own? Google did the math and decided it wasn't going to be successful.
htag 4y ago
You're missing two key points to the cost benefit analysis. 1. Modern GPUs are remarkable at holding value. 3080s are selling on ebay at over half the launch MSRP. 2. You'll get better performance locally. People buy 4080s because they want the best.
brucethemoose2 4y ago
$20 a month is the loss leader price. Thats gonna go up when the sector (eventually) matures.

enos_feedler 4y ago

Agree with the Stadia. I think the calculus was around cost vs. potential for a moat. Streaming PC ports is not a moatable platform. They wanted to do unique things for games that no other platform could do. Unless the game industry latched onto that the moat just isn’t there. Might as well run a commodity GPU PC streaming service and sell the utility to others. This is exactly what they are doing with Stadia in the cloud.

deafpolygon 4y ago

> Google killed of Stadia not because it thought that game streaming is a dead end but because it calculated that it already has lost the fight to Microsoft Agreed on this. What IP did they actually own? Google did the math and decided it wasn't going to be successful.

htag 4y ago

You're missing two key points to the cost benefit analysis. 1. Modern GPUs are remarkable at holding value. 3080s are selling on ebay at over half the launch MSRP. 2. You'll get better performance locally. People buy 4080s because they want the best.

brucethemoose2 4y ago

$20 a month is the loss leader price. Thats gonna go up when the sector (eventually) matures.