Maybe with 5G cell phones, and higher bandwidth and lower latency, and BlueTooth Console-style controllers, they might find a niche among mobile gamers that want to play AAA PC games on their HD-screen phones on the go. Could happen. Other than that, I don't see the regular PC-owning gaming public interested at all.Chances for Stadia look quite slim, since nowadays you can build a respectable system quite cheaply. Although I'm quite sure that Google will think of something to try make it work. Maybe implement the idea differently.
Maybe with 5G cell phones
That would require an iron-clad unlimited plan. Good luck getting one of those from a mobile provider these days.
Wow, we're two weeks out from launch and I am seeing ZERO hype. Not optimistic for Stadia's chances
That would require an iron-clad unlimited plan. Good luck getting one of those from a mobile provider these days.
I personally think this is the future of gaming, even if Stadia flops this time. Latency will only get better with technology - Edge computing and more data centers closer to everyone.
Also razor sharp latency isn't required for all titles outside of FPS.
I think the real battle for Google is content management and securing titles.
I read an article about applying predictive input to alleviate this.I think this will be a service, maybe an add on for cable.
Not so sure about the latency will be improved part. Latency is a matter of distance & speed. I don’t think we will see huge improvements in latency without radically rethinking networking and maybe programming.
However I agree game streaming will become popular at some point.
Also I am confident a AAA game maker will ultimately publish some huge game as streaming only.
I read an article about applying predictive input to alleviate this.
That makes no sense to me now, especially for any competitive gaming.
Yeah I agree. Mobile gaming could be that niche although you'd still have to pay for 5g so in the end it could get quite expensive.Maybe with 5G cell phones, and higher bandwidth and lower latency, and BlueTooth Console-style controllers, they might find a niche among mobile gamers that want to play AAA PC games on their HD-screen phones on the go. Could happen. Other than that, I don't see the regular PC-owning gaming public interested at all.
And this is why devs will be hesitant to work on the platform. Google's track record is going to hinder any new projects they launch.Its being launched by google, its got zero chance of existing in 2 years regardless.
Why would Stadia work better on a Pixel?
Maybe something special in the hardware or something funky in the browser that a non google company hasn’t added?
Pure guess
Only thing I can think of is that the Pixel phones (and other Android phones) may have some fixed-function hardware to aid in frame decodes that a PC would have to do in software.