Scenario: If I am playing Sekiro and I get an internet interruption...
On consoles: You keep playing the game. You get message "a Lan cable is not connected". Is transparent.
On Stadia: Game is stopped. You cannot continue playing. Was your progress saved? When the internet returns, do you start at the point the connection was lost or at your last save?
While I like power, I prefer stability so I am staying on consoles until I...
Streaming could be the future WHEN everyone has a stable high quality internet infrastructure.
Right now, by requiring always online and a stable internet connection, you are excluding more than 60% of the non casual gaming community.
Not only this, if you don't have compelling exclusive games as Sony and Nintendo, you will never compete against them even if you have 75.1 teraflops.
Exactly. This could be a good optional gaming service but in no way it can REPLACE traditional console gaming as it is now due to some of the reasons you stated.
Yeap. Is going to be a lot of opinion garbage articles.
They say "console is dead" just because they want to take the cake from Sony and Nintendo. They are the leaders in gaming and they want to take part of their market.
Basic common sense.
Key questions :
If I have an internet outage /interruption, can I still play?.
How much is going to cost this service?
It is going to be lag free?
What is the minimum internet speed that I need?
Are all third party games available or only a selected few developers?
How much a developer profit from releasing their new games on Google versus releasing on console at 60$ per digital and physical copy?
Is this a good deal for...
Not only MS has to deal with fierce competition from Sony and Nintendo in the console market, now they have fierce competition from Google on the streaming option.
If MS does not tops Google, their xCloud is DOA.
Yeah! The same way Facebook died when Google plus released.... Oh wait!
I prefer zero lag rather than "almost zero lag"
Sony is the leader in the console market. Google and Microsoft have a long battle to prove first.
They say the same when Google plus released... Facebook is dead! And now look who is dead... Google plus.
Imagine this scenario :
Sekiro is released. You get early to your home exited and ready to play. You have an internet outage or internet interruption in your area.
You cannot play Sekiro. Everyone else with a console will still be able to play it.
Nothing against streaming. I just prefer console hardware.
Horrible name.
I got to see more. Not impressed so far.
Yes, me too. Maybe is time for a new Ninja Gaiden game too.
Now? After all these years fans asking and you ignoring them? But now that Epic is a threat, you talk about a spin off that may release 4 to 5 years? What a joke.
This is no passion to make a game. This is fear from your competitor that push you to act. I don't want it.
Looks like an empty promise.
Control : The Force Unleashed.
And if this turns to be good, Microsoft may consider to put their software on Steam rather than keep it exclusive to their Microsoft store which will never be as successful as Steam.
I really see Microsoft doing a Sega in the future. They will find more success putting their software on other platforms rather than having their own platform.
Worldwide throne belongs to Sony.