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Stadia to close its game studios
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NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Pretty interesting choice of words considering the main reason why Raymond originally came to people's attention, lol.
Stadia always sounded like a bad business idea, but I never used it so I don't really know the reality of it.
Miles708
Member
Every online service goes belly-up sooner or later. In this case it's sooner because Google, but you really can't count on a streaming service for long time reliability.
Your money basically always goes in a void.
I guess the only reliable way would be to stream from a server you physically own, using software you own.
Online is just not reliable. Not sure why people think it is.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Shoulda stuck with Motive.
Im sure Motive is going to get another interesting project soon.
Leave UBI to not make a game for EA, leave EA to not make a game for Stadia leave Stadia to not make a game for whom next Kojima going down?
Im sure Motive is going to get another interesting project soon.
Leave UBI to not make a game for EA, leave EA to not make a game for Stadia leave Stadia to not make a game for whom next Kojima going down?
Neo Blaster
Member
If you spent quite a dough on a gaming PC, you're definitely not a casual neither care that much about Stadia.
Neo Blaster
Member
Agreed, casuals would care about it only if:Game streaming will appeals to casuals I agree. But it has to be packaged in a way that will appeal to them. A streaming service of pure games, IMO, will find limited target audience. It will be a hard sell among the gamer crowd who would rather buy hardware, and too expensive for the casual crowd who only really play console-type games occasionally.
I was thinking of something similar to this.
Netflix Gaming vs Netflix of Gaming
Netflix spent $17B on content in 2020. What if just $2B of that went into buying old successful games or including making their own games? = Game streaming to casuals of 300 million subs. How does it benefit Netflix? Retention. More variety of entertainment that could hook a subscriber when...www.neogaf.com
Gamepass Competitor: How about a Sony+? (PSNow+Funimation/Crunchyroll+Sony Movies&Shows)
Edit: Please ignore the thread title saying it's a gamepass competitor. I just realized this is not a game pass competitor but a Netflix (300M subs) and Disney+ (80M subs in a year) competitor targeting the masses who like entertainment but occasionally play games as well. This has larger...
1- Have a monthly fee to access all its content, even better if it's bundled to other services a la Amazon Prime;
2- Can be used from any device, from smart tvs to mobile, and support existing controllers.
It wasn't streaming what killed Stadia, it was the wrong business model after all.
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Fess
Member
Netflix seems to do alright at least. With Geforce Now you're playing you regular Steam games so that's where my money will go from here on. Tried Control on GFN yesterday, 1080p with DLSS at highest settings in both gfx and raytracing, there is no fps counter but it felt smooth. 15ms ping to the server, that's alright. I hope it'll stay alive but if it isn't I won't have lost anything besides the $5/month.
NullZ3r0
Banned
The Bethesda purchase is already paying off. Sometimes the best way to kill competition is to make the price of entry too expensive.
Brute
Member
Google should have built a console to rival the PS5 and Series X instead of this cloud gaming thing. They're richer than god and could have built an extremely powerful box and gave consumers the choice of playing the games on their new hardware via disk or digital download, again just like we can on PS5 and Series X.
Instead they went down the cloud gaming route which just doesn't appeal to the masses from what I can gather.
Instead they went down the cloud gaming route which just doesn't appeal to the masses from what I can gather.
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SoloKingRobert
Banned
Google aren't richer than Microsoft
I mean Google needed to spend billions just to keep up, expecially when creating a new console with components and new first party games.
Brute
Member
Well I've learned something new today, I always assumed Amazon and then Google were the richest companies worldwide. I'm sure I read that Microsoft slipped down to third but it was a few years ago (I know nothing about business either)
JCK75
Member
Honestly with the pandemic it's just high time Google look to utilize the technology to make high school distance learning work.
high schools all have chromebooks but CAD and Digvis classes need things like Autodesk suite, Unity/Unreal SDK's and Photoshop/Krita all of which won't run on a chromebook
give those as a cloud app in your enterprise and you'll be soaring.
high schools all have chromebooks but CAD and Digvis classes need things like Autodesk suite, Unity/Unreal SDK's and Photoshop/Krita all of which won't run on a chromebook
give those as a cloud app in your enterprise and you'll be soaring.
CitizenZ
Banned
Her position is to produce and since leaving Ubisoft she has produced nothing. It will be interesting if she gets another top position, but she does meet the criteria.(wink)
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Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
She will otherwise it'll be some new hashtag revolt.
JLB
Banned
I didnt think it was necessary to translate the title of one of the most recognized books on history, but alas: "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" if that makes any sense.
Interfectum
Gold Member
It also proves that trillion dollar companies getting into gaming is near meaningless unless they have the patience to stick it out for years. Amazon will be following their lead shortly.
Google doesn't make products though, they create apps that steal and catalog our data. Stadia wasn't popular enough to get anything useful out of us so top brass quickly gave it the axe.
CitizenZ
Banned
I have said for years and years Amazon is the next big player. ALL they have to do is be patient they already have the hardware and service available. Hell, all they have to do is add a GP like service to their Prime service at ZERO cost with games and idk, maybe 100+ million subs day one. if i was them, I also said they should offer Ubisoft basically the brinks truck. They have a deep bench when it comes to GAAS and ttiles sitting in the freezer that would easily catapult them up.
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Oddvintagechap
Banned
Im so confused. Why do they go for "hardcore" gamers. They all already have consoles and PCs why would they stream?
SoloKingRobert
Banned
Is Amazon out as well?
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
"isn't it that sugar replacement that you put in your tea?"
Me: "No mam, that's Stevia"
Such a fucking dumb name, Google.
Redlancet
Banned
ni una sola palabra
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Well I'm shocked.
CitizenZ
Banned
Well, as the Worlds Richest human, what would you do?
Astral Dog
Member
Game Pass is the future
Komatsu
Member
Stadia is not going anywhere, folks. Google is most likely transitioning it to a pure white label B2B offering in which they offer their streaming services directly to publishers. Might even work.
No tengo ni idea que idioma es este. Es de comer?
No tengo ni idea que idioma es este. Es de comer?
eyesabitdull
Banned
It was DOA. There is nothing to kill .
It's dead, Jim.
This is too on point with Google's Stadia I cant
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
Yeah, in their last financial report, Sega announced they will double dip on digital, Esport and streaming. I think Judgment's exclusivity on Stadia was not meant to bother Steam but Amazon Luna(Windows). I think Judgment, Valkyria 4 will be ported on Luna too.Stadia is not going anywhere, folks. Google is most likely transitioning it to a pure white label B2B offering in which they offer their streaming services directly to publishers. Might even work.
No tengo ni idea que idioma es este. Es de comer?
In fact, i think a Sega Channel could be an option on Luna (Prime Video model) or Stadia.(like Ubi+) Even if it would be much more plausible on Luna since it's easier (windows... which means you can also sell the game without streaming to millions of customers) and because Amazon already uses that business model with Prime..
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