>Google Stadia benefits from fast internet
>Supposed to be a cheap alternative for poorfags
>It's not available in countries with cheap fast internet and cheap living expenses
Isn't Google like... undermining themselves?
Google Stadia benefits from fast internet
Matthew Gutierrez
Luke King
Google would have tosell all of their non-shareholders stocks, start an encrypted messenging service called "Al-Qaeda IM", and invest every penny in BitCoin to undermine themselves.
What people fail to realize is that 3/4 of Google's ventures are destined for failure, if not more. They buy up promising tech, see where it goes, then cannabilize it's failed carcass for future-use. A loss for Google does not equate to a loss for the average tech-giant..what's a billion spent when the end-result is your complete dominance in that sector? Hence:
>Google Internet Search
>Gmail
>Chrome Internet Browser
>Android
>Chromebooks
>Chromecast
>Duo
..and more to come. Stadia will be an abject failure, yes..but they are just testing the waters.
The sheep that feed into "gaming as a service" will help fuel this buttcloud march, and trying to break Google up on monopoly charges won't work, because it 's only good as one unit, and that monopoly is needed in certain markets (sorry, EU and larping anarchists).
Liam Brooks
nothing about it is cheap. you're still paying $170 for a console and controller, then you pay the subscription and get essentially an xbox live experience, and then you pay full price for the AAA titles.
its shit and it'll never work unless they change it
Owen Barnes
You can literally do it without any of that for a 9 USD subscription fee on your sub 200 dollar Chromebook or Android phone.
Nolan Clark
Scratch that, you won't need 4k and 5.1, you can literally subscribe the basic free pack, buy the game and play on your Chromebook/Android phone.
You literally pay just for the game and never again and you'll be able to play it on the shittiest device.
Caleb Martinez
This is what I don't get about stadia....the amount of extra money you'd have to spend on fast internet (unless you're living in Korea/Taiwan/Japan/some other very densely populated country with cheap and fast internet) plus the subscription fees can go a long way towards buying a console or PC and/or games that you'd actually own. It really isn't that great of a value proposition.
Aaron Parker
>>It's not available in countries with cheap fast internet and cheap living expenses
they just pirate everything
Aiden Campbell
Yeah but places like Eastern Europe, the monthly price for fast internet (100Mbps - 500Mbps) is less than a single proper meal.
Something like 35 Mbps is literally the price of a pack of smokes.
It's usually the density populated places that have higher internet costs because the infrastructure is limited per the mass of people using it. At least in the west.
They pirate expensive gaming hardware?
Angel Fisher
>t. Genius who thinks this will actually work, and will shell out money like an On-Live idiot
They are depending on people like you too find the good things about never owning yokur games, and actually PAYING for the priviledge of never owning your games.
It starts eith games, then ends eith the ultimate goal of an "OS as a service"..while you may find this appealing, I don't. I enjoy owning my own hardware, and having physical copies of the software I install on it, with the option to not upgrade.
Ethan Hughes
yes