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Ryuu96 on 12 January 2023
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gtotheunit91 said:
Ryuu96 said:

Isn't Nvidia technically the leader in Cloud Streaming as well? GeForce Now reported 25m, xCloud reported 20m. Nvidia is smart though, Microsoft might as well throw a concession their way. IIRC...Nvidia works in that if you own a game on Steam, you can use GeForce Now to stream it anywhere? But you need to own it?

Think Microsoft could easily get them to drop their "concerns" if they say "hey, you know those Activision-Blizzard titles that you weren't getting anyway and were never going to get from an independent Activision-Blizzard? Well if you support the deal we'll support GeForce Now" Lol. Microsoft will just have to make xCloud appealing another way.

Google can get f*cked, Lol. They aren't in the streaming market, they shut down their shit through their own incompetence, they will still be #2 in Mobile Gaming by a gigantic margin (Apple #1) even if Xbox creates their own mobile store, especially when, Microsoft almost certainly won't be leaving Android or iOS...Microsoft wants to be everywhere.

Would be absolutely baffling if regulators who have lately been bitching a lot about Google/Apple's app store dominance, fall for such an obvious attempt to stop someone from threatening Android store just a tiny bit and sides with Google, ensuring their dominance. Although, I suppose that mostly only applies to EU, it has been them who have bitched about Android/iOS the most lately.

Right. GeForce Now is just a way to stream games you already own but on different devices. Pretty great quality too. They're upgrading their $20/month plan to support RTX 4080's!!!

Yeah...One thing I'll say about xCloud...Every other rival Cloud service has performed better on a technical level, it's a bit baffling how xCloud seems to be behind literally everyone on that aspect, so much for Microsoft's unrivalled power, Stadia and GeForce Now both seem to perform better on paper and I don't know about Luna but I assume that too.

It feels like Microsoft focused on getting the content down and right business model first though so maybe that is why, while others like Stadia focused more on the technical aspect first and barely tried with the games or had a shit business model, GeForce Now had issues IIRC with some publishers due to their business model as well, I seem to recall a lot of publishers at one stage pulling support?

Does Zenimax still support GeForce Now? At the end of the day, if you still need to own the games to play them on GeForce Now then Microsoft is still making money if people want to use GeForce Now on their titles so they'd be fools not to give Nvidia a concession, if they don't then they're stupid and they're going to turn Nvidia against the deal, it's pretty clear what Nvidia is doing Imo.

It's a little sneaky but fair play to them, it doesn't hurt Microsoft to support them, this is Nvidia's only opportunity to get ABK support on GeForce Now.