eva01beserk said:
bonzobanana said:
Google are rich and may play the long game, subsidised hardware and service costs at the beginning so that they are the major player left in 5-10 years when they can truly profit from that monopoly. Again without knowing the full details we can only speculate but I would not at this point count them out of the race but compelling content is still their biggest challenge. People really need to want a google box under their tv and that needs compelling content that works flawlessly. It might be like cable boxes where only large cities with fast broadband connections will have reason enough to buy. If your out in the stix with rubbish broadband you might as well forget it. Those people may have to wait years before they can benefit from a google gaming box.
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Just like it wrked so well for MS.
I don't know where this notion that if a company has money is willing to just give billions away. Especially not if profits are maybe 5-10 years away.
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How is it not working well for them? Last quarter earnings for MS indicate increased gaming and subscription based revenue. And certainly moving forward as internet speeds ramp up across the world streaming based gaming will become mainstream with servers (cloud based) doing all the heavy lifting. Google would be smart to ready themselves for the future. - as should all savvy companies.
