DylanC Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 So Google’s new gaming platform has been announced. It’s a streaming-focused platform that’s very powerful. The price and games catalogue haven’t been confirmed yet. Would you be interested in it? How much do you think it will cost per month? Personally, I feel like I need more information before deciding, though it’s an interesting idea. Still, I think I’ll always prefer tradional, native gaming consoles because I’m used to them and that’s what I’ve grown up with. Plus my internet is mediocre and any latency would be a nightmare for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Who knows what price Google would fixate on the streaming site subscription on monthly basis? But from what I can say, it would be determined by the availability of cataloged games on the platform. The more games there is, the higher the price would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UleTheVee Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 One statistic. 109.75ms No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyPowers Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 In general, no. I grudgingly use some TV streaming services, but I would rather just buy the shows I like. Many streaming shows aren't purchasable at all, and it's easy to imagine gaming going the same direction. I like to own things. kingpotato and DylanC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotato Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 hours ago, StaceyPowers said: In general, no. I grudgingly use some TV streaming services, but I would rather just buy the shows I like. Many streaming shows aren't purchasable at all, and it's easy to imagine gaming going the same direction. I like to own things. I agree I also to rather to own my games, I wouldnt like to loose the game after a certain time because of the streaming service. Besides I wouldnt have the time use the service at its fullest since I only play for about 1-2 hours a day now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Nope and I sincerely hope it fails because as @kingpotato and the other stated, I like to own my games rather than pay some subscription fee for streaming games. kingpotato 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 There's no way I would consider it, since just to play I would have to pay a fee every month. That's just unacceptable. It's pure greed on the part of Google. I'll own my cartridge or disc, but I won't pay every month just to be able to play. That's not a console. That's online gaming. Might as well stick to WoW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyPowers Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I'm really glad that we're mostly on the same page with regards to this. kingpotato 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I definitely see some value in the Google's stadia. In fact I want that platform to become opensource and other developers chiming in on it. The reason being we don't know what google may forfeit in such case. I guess in such case having more than one gaming platform helps out. We also have to see how much mature it is though. We can't throw judgement blindly in this without even seeing enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyxx Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 20 hours ago, skyfire said: I definitely see some value in the Google's stadia. In fact I want that platform to become opensource and other developers chiming in on it. The reason being we don't know what google may forfeit in such case. I guess in such case having more than one gaming platform helps out. We also have to see how much mature it is though. We can't throw judgement blindly in this without even seeing enough. Considering Google's track record, they will probably can it in 2-3 years especially if it doesn't gain enough traction within the first 2 years. You don't believe me, look at the list of projects that Google has launched in the last 5 years and look at how many are still active - it resembles a graveyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UleTheVee Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 8:51 AM, UleTheVee said: One statistic. 109.75ms No. DO I NEED TO CONSTANTLY BRING THIS UP GUYS?! That's the delay it has!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_skeith Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Not in any way. I don't want to stream my games, I want them or download them. I don't want to not be able to game because there is a glitch in the internet or my modem acts up. It's not the way of gaming really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 3 hours ago, killamch89 said: Considering Google's track record, they will probably can it in 2-3 years especially if it doesn't gain enough traction within the first 2 years. You don't believe me, look at the list of projects that Google has launched in the last 5 years and look at how many are still active - it resembles a graveyard. Indeed totally agree. Googles engineers are so immature. They create projects and expect people to like them and use them from day 1. And if not they scrap project in few days. Happened to many of their projects. I hope stadia doesn't become graveyard like that. Even google product like Google Reader can die. I am kind of skeptical on what google does. If this were to be microsoft or Sony I'd say we have some chance. Google is unreliable on any project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 In my opinion, Google is a great search engine. But that's where their quality ends. Gmail to me is useless. Just a shitty mail program. Granted I know it's the trend right now, and a lot of people love it, but I'm sticking with Hotmail. And all these little side projects that Google keeps coming up with (anyone remember Google Glass?) are just really sad. If they would put some money, research, and time into the development into these items, plus a test run with a good number of people, then maybe they could make some good projects. But until that starts happening, Google is only a search engine for me, and nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
