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[Javthusiast]

Phil Harrison to his google higher ups: What, oh no you heard that wrong, I didn't fumble 2 console launches before, nah, stadia isn't the third strik...

 

[DarkestHour]

The only way Stadia makes sense to me is if it was a monthly sub only and you got to play whatever games were available.

 

[mckmas8808]

To be fair, once in a blue moon, a company provides something we never knew we wanted. >.>

100% agree. I give Steve Jobs a million points of credit for figuring that out with numerous Apple products. But this "streaming video games" trend is something that many in the gaming community actively doesn't want (if it's going to be forced on us in any way), that's the difference.

 

[Grinchy]

I wonder if Google's problem is how ready they are to fail at things . I think that's kind of a good thing and it's fun to see a big company take risks sometimes, but a hungry company that needed their streamed games service to do well at launch would have put something out so much better than what we're seeing with Stadia. And they wouldn't have to be one of the biggest companies on the planet to make that happen.

Just how does a company with so much infrastructure in place to make this work already, with so much capital to put it all together, limp out of the gate with what we are seeing? It just feels like the company thought it was a great idea for the first half of its creation and then realized it would fail and completely scaled back in the second half. Then released it anyway to grab $130 from each....well, let's just call them enthusiastic testers.

 

[Pimpbaa]

The only way Stadia makes sense to me is if it was a monthly sub only and you got to play whatever games were available.

That's what most people interested in game streaming want. Considering all the downsides, you better offer it as the netflix of gaming to make up for that.

 

[Gamezone]

As expected. I mean, what people buy Stadia? You have to pay a huge entry ticked to have the option to stream old games that you can play with a shitty controller.

 

[Freedom Gate Co.]

I didn't fumble 2 console launches before, nah, stadia isn't the third strik...

What were the other two? PS3?

100% agree. I give Steve Jobs a million points of credit for figuring that out with numerous Apple products. But this "streaming video games" trend is something that many in the gaming community actively doesn't want (if it's going to be forced on us in any way), that's the difference.

Steve jobs just took an Ipod and made it a phone and it took off. Cell phones were already rapidly evolving and were already in the same mindset. Tablets were from Microsoft but they failed to capitalize on it because Ballmer.

Still I agree, there's really no reason to not have a game console. Streaming can be a feature of a console, but by itself with its own games as a service? lol that's a freaking joke.

 

[Rest]

I like my founders edition, fight me

2 weeks out, people are bitching like little kids, pathetic

Voost? Is that you?

 

[TUROK]

Lol, you dorks really want Stadia to fail.

 

[spawn]

Game streaming will never happen. How many more times we need to prove this

 

[mckmas8808]

I wonder if Google's problem is how ready they are to fail at things . I think that's kind of a good thing and it's fun to see a big company take risks sometimes, but a hungry company that needed their streamed games service to do well at launch would have put something out so much better than what we're seeing with Stadia. And they wouldn't have to be one of the biggest companies on the planet to make that happen.

Just how does a company with so much infrastructure in place to make this work already, with so much capital to put it all together, limp out of the gate with what we are seeing? It just feels like the company thought it was a great idea for the first half of its creation and then realized it would fail and completely scaled back in the second half. Then released it anyway to grab $130 from each....well, let's just call them enthusiastic testers.

You are on track to the truth here. Google has an issue with scatterbrain. They have AMAZING engineers that want to create the new "NEXT" thing for Google. And they work hard on it for 2-4 years. And after that period at some point executives start listen to other engineers at the company to create the next NEW thing without making sure the first new thing actually is successful.

Google works on so many things and they have so much money that some of their new tech will be a hit. But it seems like it's a hit on accident and not by internal design. It just so happens to be a hit and then they are forced to stick with it. From Gmail, to Android, to their Google mesh routers many of the things they've created have worked. But 3 times more than that are the failures. And I'd say half of the failures could have been successes had they actually cared enough to make it work.

 

[Jtibh]

yeah, just keep on bashing it, makes sense, just don't buy it if you are not interested in using it.

If it still sucks a year from here on, then we can talk, but two weeks after release I call bullshit on everyone acting like Google threatened to kill their first born.

It's still some impressive tech, people nowadays are so entitled.. ohhh noooo not 4k60fps ultra on day one muuhh this is so bad

Nothing wrong with your statement if they would only charge a beta fee and give games at half price since you just rent and dont own.

 

[Stuart360]

Dont like taking joy from this, but me hatred for streaming is just that big.
Streaming is inevitable yes, but keep buying local hardware, and that inevitable future keeps being the future.

 

[Javthusiast]

What were the other two? PS3?

PS3 and xbox one x.

 

[Freedom Gate Co.]

PS3 and xbox one x.

Phil Harrison had nothing to do with the One X.

 

[NickFire]

100% agree. I give Steve Jobs a million points of credit for figuring that out with numerous Apple products. But this "streaming video games" trend is something that many in the gaming community actively doesn't want (if it's going to be forced on us in any way), that's the difference.

Streaming reminds me of fidget spinners. Stupid as all hell for most people to buy, yet for one reason or another they sold millions and millions of the things.

 

[Elektro Demon]

Good. I hope it dies quickly.
And I can't believe that I'm the only one that thinks having to purchase hardware for streaming shit, is just silly.
Why not allow any controller to be able to play stadia games? Add a customizable button options screen before you start streaming games and that's it.