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setsunatenshi on 04 June 2019
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Nautilus said:
Lafiel said:

You seem to have a weird misunderstanding of what Stadia is. There is no "console" you have to buy to gain access (and "Stadia" is a _platform_, not a console), the controller is entirely optional aswell. Btw 60-80 dollars is "overpriced" for a 4k60 streaming access to atleast several PC AAA lvl games for a year? Gold/PS+ nearly costs that much for online gaming +24-ish games and you need to have the console hw.

There are still a price point entry for the main hardware.If Im not mistaken, Google will eventually offer a web based version(I think?), but they will push the hardware version, at least for now.And they are not giving it for free.

And yes, 60 to 80 dollars is overpriced in my opinion, in a world where you get a better service with gamepass at 10 dollars a month.The difference betwenn both, and why 60 to 80 dollars is overpriced for Standia while 100 dollars a year for gamepass is cheap is because how the service works.

First of all, gamepass is not necessary for your console to work.Either on Xbox and now on PC, you can simply buy the games and own them forever.Not paying the subscription wont make your console obsolete.Second of all, and most importantly, with gamepass you download the games.That basically throws out the window any kind of internet related problems, all the way from latency to controller input lag.You cant say the same for Standia. Even in places with really good internet it will still have those issues.Which are not many, by the way.

And Plus and Gold are as popular as they are because they lock multiplayer behind a paywall.People have to pay for it to play many games, or to play the modes the like the most.Hell, its the reason why the Nintendo online subscription is doing as good as it is doing.

Seems like you have very strong feelings towards something you lack the most basic knowledge on.

There is no "main" hardware to purchase. You can use your PS4 or Xbox controller and connect directly to their platform. All you need to have is good internet connection and you're good to go.

There's no point going into pricing and level of service because that's what the conference is all about, so we'll learn it then and there.

Anyway, good to see some disruption to the market, things were getting too stale and predictable in the gaming service space. It's no coincidence that 5G internet is just around the corner to help lowering the bandwidth restrictions we still feel nowadays. These services will benefit greatly from that.