Lafiel said:
WolfpackN64 said:
My thoughts on the whole Stadia thing.
Who is this really for?
People who already have gaming pc's or beefy PC's for video editing or other compute-intensive work won't need this, save in the scenario they game a lot on the go.
Console players already have their consoles, and as long as consoles serve a secondary role as physical/digital media boxes, people will keep buying them. So unless they want to take a lot of games on the go, I don't see many people really investing in it.
People who already have large gaming libraries, probably the same as the first group, won't rebuy a lot of their games on Stadia and all major digital platforms give free games from time to time.
So who do I see using this? Mainly people who have something like a thin and light laptop as their chief computer, or PC gamers starting out who can cheap out on hardware by getting Stadia (provided they don't have a large library already). People who game a lot on the go AND have consistent internet speeds (which isn't a given). I don't see all that many casual thin and light notebook users getting invested in AAA games all of the sudden though.
I really wonder who's going to be the main market for this platform. Me? I don't have nor want a Google account (not anymore), so I'm not using it either way. |
Personally I'm a console gamer and would love to play AAA PC specific games (RTS, Simulations etc) on the service, like Anno 1800. No way I'm shelling out hundreds of € just to play a handful of games (at most).
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I understand, but you'll be at the mercy of what games will be offered on the service and given Google's track record with maintaining platforms, you can't be sure your games won't one day dissapear.
And even then, in your case you'd probably be better off with the free tier.
