One of the many reasons I buy physical is because game download sizes these days blow my quota in no time, plus they take forever to download. I get annoyed enough by day 1 patches, therefore streaming games is definitely not happening in my household.

Buts buts... What abouts alls those articles sayings the Stadias is the futures???

Glad there was a study to show basic consumer feedback.

They already admitted they are selling jank.

It's 2019, caps by ISP should be scrapped.

The idea of streaming is amazing but people are stubborn and yes not everywhere has ideal internet BUT MANY places have more than fast enough internet. So i feel the way MS is doing this by a marketing stand point is very smart. They are launching a cloud app that when done will dublicate what you have on your xbox and you choose how to use it. They are going to take a year of making sure its setup right and its good enough. All it is is going to be a choice along side current gen xbox and next gen xbox. Simply a choice and let it grow slowly cus it will be a huge huge thing one day but most likely main stream in 4 years. I for one want that and many others would too.Not everyone wants to deal with hardware or be stick in one spot to game. That being said if it launches by next xbox and is good enough ill get only that.If its not perfect for only having well ill get next gen xbox and use that as a free server when im away from home or else where in the house. Perfect balance . Stadia on the other hand sadly has a lot of catch up but i wish them well

Good, this is something that needs to be challenged and done away with.

These click bait posts are idiotic, shield, shadow, PSN have all had cloud based gaming for years without this hypocrisy.

Streaming wont be a big problem if you have unlimited data and live in one of the big cities.But those of us who live in rural areas will most likely suffer due to lack of ISP competition.Thats why I hope the merger of Sprint & T mobile is approved it would bring much needed better internet(Cali&New york standing in the way of progress once again).I just got an invitation for t mobile internet home internet.Theyre trying it in certain areas for now and if the merger is approved the 5g would help.immensly deliver better signal for us rural places but If it doesnt we can kizzy the progress good bye.

Coulda told you this back when I first heard about Stadia.

I like the best experience possible and right that's on local hardware. The day that streaming surpasses local hardware then I will move but that's a very far away.

most people know about wether they have unlimited broadband or not. for those with very good broadband this will work a charm

Listen to these influencers closely. Basically what they're saying is to give up your ownership and submit to the fact that the only way to **press start** and play a game is if you're connected to the internet for a fee. And, that all will be well including data caps.

Scary aren't they? They think that that's not a problem.

Yeah no shit.

People don't understand just how much bandwidth game streaming takes. A young guy I know, who just graduated from high school, was using PS Now, and he was telling me that his dad flipped out on hime, after their internet bill went through the roof, just after one month of using the service.

I recently caved in and got rid of my Xfinity Data Cap. Checking my data cap every minute was annoying. Now I have unlimited and I feel free!

Where's my boy Elon when you need him?

"studies show"
what? we all knew that without a those studies ha.

Latency

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau