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[Grand Theft Scratchy]

I think it will last 6 to 12 months before Google pulls the plug on Stadia.

 

[BaneIsPain]

It should be more than a year but less than 2. A year and half, perhaps?

 

[Pimpbaa]

A year unless they restructure it to be the netflix of gaming, greatly reduce it's REAL bandwidth requirements, and simplify using it (going by digital foundry's look at it). Even OnLive managed to do that latter (simple to use) much better than google. Too much money and effort for a shittier experience for most compared to a local console or pc. When next gen consoles come out next year or whenever, it's going to be an even harder sell. But considering it's mostly all software, they still can radically change it for the better. The question is will they, and will they do it in time before people give up on it.

 

[ZehDon]

They've already poisoned the brand name with this tumultuous launch, so it's dead already. It's just a matter of time now. If the hardcore aren't convinced, then it won't live long enough to make it to the casual market. So, I give it a year. The install base won't reach critical mass, developers who aren't money hatted will ignore it's paltry player base, and it'll be another Ouya.

 

[BadBurger]

I give it about four years. One year of heavy development adding all of the missing features and making it stable, followed by a year of infrequent updates with declining numbers and all of the original executives leaving Google, and finally a largely silent third year in which its closure is announced. They will probably give customers a three to six month lead time until it's shutdown for good.

 

[ResilientBanana]

What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that Stadia isn't for Neogaf/REEEEE. It's not for people who preordered an X/Pro 6 months in advance, it's not for people who buy $600-$1500 for GPU's, and it's not for people who buy TV's/Monitors based on their input lag. Stadia is for Football_Hero_69 who buys/plays nothing but Fifa/Madden/NBA2K every year. It's for your Giantbomb Abby's who is constantly complaining about her crappy PC, still has a base Xbone, and admittedly doesn't know what Game Mode or Input Lag is. You guys are experiencing what audio/videophile enthusiast forums experienced decade(s) ago when inferior streaming solutions threatened to upend CD's and Blurays. You can almost verbatim substitute in the same arguments, "No one's going to pay $6 to rent a compressed to shit stream when Netflix ships Blurays for less than $1"..."No one's going to pay $15 for an MP3 album that sounds like a Tin Can"..."No one's going to pay $60 for a laggy, compressed to shit Tomb Raider when Walmart sells the Xbone X version for $15." Unfortunately the broader population is largely ignorant to matters of quality or value, they place convenience and ease of use over everything and will gladly pay more for objectively inferior goods to get it. Whether it is Stadia or not, streaming owning 95% of the gaming market is inevitable. Physical consoles, PC's, and discs will just be a niche of weirdos like Vinyl's.

We know. It’s not for the people that will buy games day 1 at full price so that they can at least download them.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

No, Google will improve it.

Google have literally never improved ANYTHING - and that literally isn't an overstatement.