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Cerebralbore101 on 07 June 2019
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Lafiel said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
Alright after seeing their pitiful launch lineup of 30ish games, I just have to say that I feel stupid for assuming that they would have every AAA third party game on the planet at launch. If they don't quickly increase their library by a factor of 30 this will be DOA. It's basically Steam/GoG, except you need a solid internet connection to make use of it.

Also, WTF is Chromecast? Will this be needed to use the service after the base 1080 version launches?

Google ofcourse isn't using windows on their Stadia servers (that would have high licensing costs), but a custom linux version, so games first have to be ported to that OS and adjusted for the specific hardware spec they went for. That might be why the catalogue starts out fresh instead of with hundreds/thousends of titles.

The Chromecast stick is only needed to use Stadia on non-android TVs - every device that runs the Chrome browser can use Stadia once it fully launches in early 2020.

Thanks for the info. That clears up a lot about what Chromecast had to do with it. 

Sounds to me like Stadia will need games to be ported over just like a regular console. If so, then that can't be good. Who is going to do the porting? Google, or the original game devs? If it's the original game devs, then why should they bother porting to a platform that might not work out? If it's Google, then it should work out fine right?