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"Cloud gaming is the next big thing." --Links to Stadia shutdown notice OP, I appreciated that bit

p1necone 4y ago
It's a funny joke, but imo Stadia shutting down has very little to do with the viability of cloud gaming as a business and a lot more to do with how google (mis)managed it.
- myko 4y ago
  > more to do with how google (mis)managed it. Definitely this. The service itself was great, was ahead of the competition gameplay-wise. Google just did what Google does.
  - p1necone 4y ago
    It's so frustrating to me from the perspective of a consumer because all someone needs to do is ship "Netflix, but for games" and they'll fucking kill. Charge a reasonable subscription fee but make the games free, and make sure everyone is aware of what it is and what it does. Stuff like GEForce Now is already great for that "core" gamer market that wants to be able to use their existing steam library but play them on their phone on the go or whatever, but that's a pretty small market because most "core" gamers would never use a streaming service as their primary system so the market is fairly small (latency, resolution, quality etc is poor compared to native). But nobody has properly targeted that more general "I want to play games with zero up front effort or knowledge" case yet. And I suspect that's a pretty big market.
    - AviationAtom 4y ago
      Xbox Game Pass is close to that. I think part of the problem is the game studios and publishers have enjoyed immense profits, that have continued to grow. Nintendo just upped their base price to $70. I don't think they will let that level of profit go easily.
- AviationAtom 4y ago
  Isn't this the regular story of Google though? "Let me give a half effort on X product. Oh, see, nobody likes it. Well, guess I'll go ahead and shutter it." It's a shame that products with so much potential have all the resources put into them wasted with their behavior.
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  - p1necone 4y ago
    I've seen it mentioned on here a lot that promotions/career stability inside google are heavily based around launching new products, and maintaining existing ones is kind of a dead end. Seems like the outcome reflects the incentives.
    - AviationAtom 4y ago
      I could very well see that being the case. I could see it being somewhat of a reminant of their old start-up days.
  - jokethrowaway 4y ago
    I don't think it's because they're not putting enough effort into it. Like most large organisation they tend to approximate a small government and they're inherently incapable of using their resources efficiently. Every once and then they will acquire a start-up that works to give new blood to the behemot.
jeffhuys 4y ago
Love it, but in my experience geforce now makes it so I don't need a GPU anymore. I can play any (supported) game on my macbook air with a controller connected to it, with VERY little lag. It blows my mind every time.

It's a funny joke, but imo Stadia shutting down has very little to do with the viability of cloud gaming as a business and a lot more to do with how google (mis)managed it.

myko 4y ago
> more to do with how google (mis)managed it. Definitely this. The service itself was great, was ahead of the competition gameplay-wise. Google just did what Google does.
- p1necone 4y ago
  It's so frustrating to me from the perspective of a consumer because all someone needs to do is ship "Netflix, but for games" and they'll fucking kill. Charge a reasonable subscription fee but make the games free, and make sure everyone is aware of what it is and what it does. Stuff like GEForce Now is already great for that "core" gamer market that wants to be able to use their existing steam library but play them on their phone on the go or whatever, but that's a pretty small market because most "core" gamers would never use a streaming service as their primary system so the market is fairly small (latency, resolution, quality etc is poor compared to native). But nobody has properly targeted that more general "I want to play games with zero up front effort or knowledge" case yet. And I suspect that's a pretty big market.
  - AviationAtom 4y ago
    Xbox Game Pass is close to that. I think part of the problem is the game studios and publishers have enjoyed immense profits, that have continued to grow. Nintendo just upped their base price to $70. I don't think they will let that level of profit go easily.
AviationAtom 4y ago
Isn't this the regular story of Google though? "Let me give a half effort on X product. Oh, see, nobody likes it. Well, guess I'll go ahead and shutter it." It's a shame that products with so much potential have all the resources put into them wasted with their behavior.
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- p1necone 4y ago
  I've seen it mentioned on here a lot that promotions/career stability inside google are heavily based around launching new products, and maintaining existing ones is kind of a dead end. Seems like the outcome reflects the incentives.
  - AviationAtom 4y ago
    I could very well see that being the case. I could see it being somewhat of a reminant of their old start-up days.
- jokethrowaway 4y ago
  I don't think it's because they're not putting enough effort into it. Like most large organisation they tend to approximate a small government and they're inherently incapable of using their resources efficiently. Every once and then they will acquire a start-up that works to give new blood to the behemot.

jeffhuys 4y ago

Love it, but in my experience geforce now makes it so I don't need a GPU anymore. I can play any (supported) game on my macbook air with a controller connected to it, with VERY little lag. It blows my mind every time.