Do you think Google Stadia is doomed to fail?

[Chrkeller]

Cerebralbore101 said:

Chrkeller said:

And yet Netflix has continued to grow.  Meanwhile Oppo and Samsung have stopped making physical disk players.  Streaming is becoming the norm for TV, movies and music.  It will be the same for games.  

Stadia isn't netflix for games though.

It isn't and pricing will be a hurdle.  But we could use Vudu as a better example.  It really doesn't matter.  We will have a ps5, but I am not sure about a ps6.  We most certainly will not have a ps7.  

1) Internet speeds continue to improve, stuff like 5G has a lot of promise.  It won't be long before GB speeds are flat out normal.  

2) We already have storage space issues, which will only get worse with ps5 games via native 4k textures.  RDR2 was two bluray disks, FFVII Episode I will be two disks as well.  And per Sony's own ps5 announcements, standard drives aren't fast enough for that size of games, hence why they are exploring other storage solutions.  

3) Sony (and MS) lose money selling hardware, it isn't in their best interest to keep hardware around, not when the market is ready for the transition. Why would Sony want to keep hardware that they lose money on when they can replace it with a subscription that will generate millions upon millions a year???  

4) Eco and green are huge among the younger generation.  Think of all the eco friendly aspects of not selling 100 million pieces of hardware and hundreds of millions of games in plastic cases.  

5) The younger generation is also very experience driven, more so than being into ownership.  The younger generation will drive markets, and ownership isn't their driving point.  They are ok with streaming.    

Again, I am not saying this will happen in a year, or two.  Probably not even 10.  But it is inevitable.  Technology moves forward and so do the people.  I remember when a bunch of older people at work made fun of me because I never bothered to get a landline for my phone needs.....  how'd that work out for them?

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 30 June 2019