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LittleBusters
Banned
No, Google will improve it.
SleepDoctor
Banned
They'll hold on long enough to rake in every curious person dumb enough to still buy in to this after all this's cash then call it quits.
apocaliptic
Member
My prediction, 3-4 years max.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
It hasn't even officially launched and been fully rejected yet. They will keep it going at least a couple of years into the next console cycle before Microsoft, and probably Sony, too, launch far better offerings for cloud play and everyone just forgets Stadia even exists.
AnotherOne
Member
Hopefully soon so I can stop seeing those stupid stadia ads.
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Burrito Bandito
Banned
their track record says otherwise. If this was Apple, sure.
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BlackOlivesMatter
Banned
Spring 2021
Start updating that resume Jade
Start updating that resume Jade
wipeout364
Member
It really depends on whether it is achieving their goals. Google unlike Sony doesn’t really care if they make money directly off this project. What is google’s end goal?
Data and advertising, knowing more about you and what you do; then selling that data and directing advertising.
Think about google maps, google docs, gmail none of these directly are money makers but they support googles company vision. So time will tell if there is enough data to be collected in this thing called Stadia..
Data and advertising, knowing more about you and what you do; then selling that data and directing advertising.
Think about google maps, google docs, gmail none of these directly are money makers but they support googles company vision. So time will tell if there is enough data to be collected in this thing called Stadia..
Strife In a Teacup
Member
February 14th, 2021.
A.Romero
Member
I think it will last for years.
Google has the server farms for Google Cloud so most likely their costs for keeping the service running are not so high. Meaning if that compute power is not used for Stadia, it will just be repurposed. If demand increases so will the service revenue.
Unlike previous services that were shut down, this one doesn't really depend on traffic or lacks a proper business model (like their messaging apps, for example).
Google has the server farms for Google Cloud so most likely their costs for keeping the service running are not so high. Meaning if that compute power is not used for Stadia, it will just be repurposed. If demand increases so will the service revenue.
Unlike previous services that were shut down, this one doesn't really depend on traffic or lacks a proper business model (like their messaging apps, for example).
Zimmy68
Member
It would be difficult to come back from the epic failure of this launch without completely changing their business model, which would cost them plenty.
Silent Duck
Member
wipeout364
Member
That was my point, their business model is not how many units can we move or games we can sell. Since when has google ever cared about being a retailer. People are saying this launch was botched but I think they planned a slow rollout to test if their tech was ready for prime time.
Google could at anytime go full Disney plus with a ridiculously low price subscription model and a vast library of games but they wouldn’t have been able to handle the traffic and deliver the experience they want.
I am not saying that in 12 months they say this is bullshit and throw it all in the dumpster, I just think you are fooling yourself if you think this is about competing with PlayStation and Xbox, they have a much different agenda.
Insane Metal
Member
2 years tops.
Silent Duck
Member
Oh, Stadia...
You have given me far more entertainment than Death Stranding... and I don’t even own you.
You have given me far more entertainment than Death Stranding... and I don’t even own you.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Where are they getting the games from? Disney owns all the content on Disney+. Xbox GamePass is full of games MS created and old games already made. Nothing exists on Google. Who is going to port their game to Stadia and then let Google devalue it with a cheap subscription?
Reallink
Member
What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that Stadia isn't for Neogaf/REEEEE. It's not for people who preordered an X/Pro 6 months in advance, it's not for people who buy $600-$1500 for GPU's, and it's not for people who buy TV's/Monitors based on their input lag. Stadia is for Football_Hero_69 who buys/plays nothing but Fifa/Madden/NBA2K every year. It's for your Giantbomb Abby's who is constantly complaining about her crappy PC, still has a base Xbone, and admittedly doesn't know what Game Mode or Input Lag is. You guys are experiencing what audio/videophile enthusiast forums experienced decade(s) ago when inferior streaming solutions threatened to upend CD's and Blurays. You can almost verbatim substitute in the same arguments, "No one's going to pay $6 to rent a compressed to shit stream when Netflix ships Blurays for less than $1"..."No one's going to pay $15 for an MP3 album that sounds like a Tin Can"..."No one's going to pay $60 for a laggy, compressed to shit Tomb Raider when Walmart sells the Xbone X version for $15." Unfortunately the broader population is largely ignorant to matters of quality or value, they place convenience and ease of use over everything and will gladly pay more for objectively inferior goods to get it. Whether it is Stadia or not, streaming owning 95% of the gaming market is inevitable. Physical consoles, PC's, and discs will just be a niche of weirdos like Vinyl's.
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
We've seen streaming work for Netflix, Hulu etc. streaming may be the model going forward.
brap
Banned
Google+ lasted for 8 years lmao
Yes, because watching video is the same thing as playing a high speed game with large amounts of data needing to move very fast in 2 directions with absolutely minimal latency.
JLB
Banned
Some of them hurts lol. I mean, Goggles was kind of fun, and Youtube Gaming (even only for the dark theme) was worth using it.
Potato Chip PRO
Member
Ouya 2.0
JLB
Banned
They had the servers for all the other death products on the cementery. They didnt care. Stadia is just another afterthought.
mcjmetroid
Member
Ya but Netflix doesn't make you pay a subscription fee AND buy a movie seperately.
Google bottled this.. completely. I'll give it 2 years.
There will be a time for streaming games but it has to be done better than this.
JimboJones
Member
It doesn't really cost Google much to run Stadia, the infrastructure is there already so it should be OK for a good while.
They will evolve it going forward before pulling the plug. It will be interesting that's for sure.
They will evolve it going forward before pulling the plug. It will be interesting that's for sure.
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JLB
Banned
I know people that worked on G+, and the objectives of it were much more aligned to the root projects of google (you know, defining a user graph, integrate all the other silos, ads, etc). Stadia is not even close to the cows that make money for Google.
Anyway, don't want to be uber-pessimistic, but I don't understand how they will make this product relevant when it doesn't even have an amateur marketing campaign to support it? How the potential consumer segments that Stadia is supposedly targeted to are going to even know that exists?
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DigitalScrap
Member
As someone who purchased one, I give it about a year. This entire launch has been horrible, and there is no way this business model will work. I'm guessing maybe two years tops, as they may come to their senses and try to get a "GamePass model" going, but I think it will be too late by that time, especially if xCloud comes out of beta.
*Nightwing
Member
I used to have a similar thought asking myself why google is trying to enter a well established console market, but i think your post highlights their possible motives: Im sure they view the home console market as an untapped consumer data gathering market. No matter how much they loose up front, they will make it back exponentially when selling all the consumer data they gather in the long run. And they will tweak the technology more and more until it becomes passable to the casual gamer and then throw freebies in to keep a userbase to collect and sell data off of.