What if google stadia were to fail?

[JWeinCom]

haxxiy said:

JWeinCom said:

 Take myself for instance.  Would I rather get a new piece of hardware?  Yeah sure.  But I just started law school, and discretionary money is incredibly limited.  If there are next-gen exclusives that I'd want to play, I'm far more likely to buy it on Stadia.  The money is way more important to me than potential quality issues. I'm sure I'm not the only one with financial concerns that would make buying a new system an issue.

Another obvious market is those between 9 and 18 who are not working.  Next gen hits and there are some exclusives you want to play.  Convincing your parents to buy you a new system and a new game for 500+ dollars is going to be a lot harder than convincing them to buy a new game for 60 and potentially a controller for 70.

There are a lot of people who like games but for whom 4-500 dollars in their pocket will be more important than potential quality issues.  If you can't think of any people like that, then the problem is with your imagination.

An average local electronics store will have the option to purchase any console on monthly payments under finance schemes. People can also, you know, save money for upcoming or released products they're interested in, as they always have done. No one was ever forced to shell out medicine money to buy gaming hardware or software.

You might feel like it is a rational cheaper option, however the same was true for OnLive. Or buying a graphics card, slapping it to an average PC and pirating games to hell and back. But people don't buy things rationally and if anyone knew precisely what leads a product to succeed or fail, we wouldn't have flops left and right in any industry. Google itself has a gigantic pile of these lying in their trash bin.

Ummm... sure?  It sounds like you're arguing against a point that I didn't make.  I didn't at any point say or imply that stadia was the only option. People who would rather do so can spend money, up front or over time, on a console.  If I'm willing to put up with the lag and don't care about any of the system's other features, I can buy it on stadia, and buy 4-500 dollars worth of games, buy my family decent holiday gifts, buy 4-500 Cadbury Creme Eggs, buy a moderately priced prostitute, go to some concerts, buy tickets to see the Jets lose, or just fill my bathtub with pennies and splash around in them.

Point is any way you choose to spend money on a new console, it's money that could be spent on something else.  If I could get to play the games I want in reasonable quality without spending that money, I'm in favor. Having worked at an average local electronics store for quite some time, I am positive that I'm not the only one.

Last edited by JWeinCom - on 29 October 2019