Google announces Stadia, a cloud-based gaming platform

19 March 2019
The advanced streaming platform offers endless possibilities when Google’s computing power runs the games.

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Nobi, 20 Mar 2019You sound exactly like that Blockbuster CEO who was asked a... morethat's different, look at the mixed sucess rate for google products involving hardware, is any of the pixel phones within the top 20 most popular phones for the last 2 years, and the google glass anyone? while google chromecast has been popular, the tendency of inexpensive google products are more likely to be sucessful, and blockbusters, i used to use them in UK, arrogant company, they died cos they were horrible to the customers.

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    • Haseeb
    • IVF
    • 20 Mar 2019

    Hope for the best, anxiously waiting to give a try

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      • PWY
      • 20 Mar 2019

      imparanoic, 20 Mar 2019if they release a dedicated actual hardware as in a set top... moreYou sound exactly like that Blockbuster CEO who was asked about Netflix in early 2000's

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        • Anonymous
        • tDR
        • 20 Mar 2019

        With data capped network, no

          paco2x, 20 Mar 2019For that, you can use the Nvidia Shield. With Stadia, Googl... morenvidea shield is average at best, i use a modified ps vita tv with 128gb sd card which support ps4 and ps3 wireless controller and bluetooth audio, native support ps vita, psp and ps1, emulation for snes, pc engine, megadrive, gameboy advance, mame

            Am I the only one who still prefers offline games?!

              Imagine being able to play the likes of Mortal Kombat 11 or Street Fighter 5 on your smartphone or tablet at any time. Amazing!!

                Anonymous, 20 Mar 2019Infinite computing power. That is wrong on so many levels.That's most probably sarcasm at best. What I'm guessing is that they'll provide us with the power of something like the RTX 2080 Ti to play games, which sounds a lot like NVIDIA's GeForce NOW

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                  • Anonymous
                  • r2v
                  • 20 Mar 2019

                  imparanoic, 20 Mar 2019if they release a dedicated actual hardware as in a set top... moreYou can use Chromecast, so no need for the box.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • XNU
                    • 20 Mar 2019

                    Infinite computing power. That is wrong on so many levels.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • XNU
                      • 20 Mar 2019

                      Chrove, 20 Mar 2019If it works on current 4G networks, it would be a breakthro... more4G networks for gaming? What do you use fiber connection for? Browsing?

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                        zodiacfml, 20 Mar 2019I can't seem to find if they support Android games. They ... moreWhy do you need cloud computing for Pay-To-Win games?
                        Ah yes, I need 10 GFLOPs to run Candy Crush lag-free.

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                          • Diamon
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                          • 20 Mar 2019

                          This is gonna be succes!!
                          This cloud based stream, doesnt need hardware like other platform stream gaming, you just need smartphone and good connection!
                          This made by google so ot will gonna be perfect!

                            imparanoic, 20 Mar 2019if they release a dedicated actual hardware as in a set top... moreFor that, you can use the Nvidia Shield. With Stadia, Google aims to the subscription model like Netflix.

                              if they release a dedicated actual hardware as in a set top box for Stadia (rather than using phones and computers ) which could be a mixmatch affair in terms of performance, knowing that google allows emulation and hoping this could be android based, it could be a good emulation box for everyone especially with standardised controller as a bonus on top of the streaming on cloud gaming which most people are skeptical about

                                I can't seem to find if they support Android games. They are missing a huge opportunity there as there is a growing base of smartphone game streamers.

                                  If it works on current 4G networks, it would be a breakthrough. But I suppose this tech is reserved for next-generation wireless network... Input latency on offline game controls, especially on action-based games would not give a good gaming experience.

                                  Looking forward to see it reach the masses!

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 20 Mar 2019

                                    It'll be another dead project from Scroogle

                                      I have reservations from this, the latency is the main problem of game streaming, it will lag badly if you have a relative slow Internet connection and of course it will depend of the screen resolution, so in order to enjoy 4K and max settings without lag, you will need an ultra fast connection, which few people have... so i can say for sure, streaming gaming won't be super popular like current gen of consoles, well at least not for now.

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                                        • 20 Mar 2019

                                        I'm okay with game streaming services, as it has the advantage in hardware perspective. But i don't want it to be the norm, at least yet, because of how horrible the ISP situation is right now in majority of the world. Might be next 3 to 5 years, when internet is not a problem

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