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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Google Stadia conference with pricing, games, and release details set for June 6th at Noon EST/ 9 AM PST

CuCabeludo on 06 June 2019
Soundwave said:
Old fashioned enthusiasts will likely be the least likely to understand why and how this will eventually be successfully, just like a lot of them still can't understand how/why smartphone gaming is the most played type of video games on the planet.

I don't know if Google will be the top provider, my bet is Microsoft is the one that is going to really take this concept and lead with it, but Google is no doubt a force that will be pushing Microsoft to offer the best possible streaming service they can and to do so in the here and now not "well maybe 3 years down the line".

Ms has a huge advantage, they have more studios working on Aaa 1st party games, which also makes me think Ms will be the lead in cloud gaming. 



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jason1637 on 06 June 2019
Jranation said:
shikamaru317 said:
There is still one giant roadblock for game streaming, in the US at least. Data caps. The largest ISP in the US, Comcast, has a 1 TB per month data cap. If my math is right, you will go through your entire monthly cap with just 63 hours of 4K Stadia streaming at 35 mbps.

You guys dont have unlimited data? 

There are certain plans that give you unlimited data if you pay more but most Americans have a data cap.



Lafiel on 06 June 2019
Mar1217 said:
Yeah, now that I think about the hidden cost in relation to the bandwith and data caps might repulse a lot of those people who might be interested in ...

which come to my next question. Are people actually aware that Stadia exists ? Few are those in my gaming circle who knows about it so there's no surprise in me saying it probably had no reach in the mainstream conciousness yet ... which might actually never happen.

And to that I say, GOOD !

Google can advertise the crap out of Stadia on Youtube and if a ton of people demand higher data caps/no data caps then lo and behold suddenly your ISPs will be able to offer those at little/no additional costs. Or they'll make a deal with Google to exclude the Stadia traffic from the capped data.



Moren on 06 June 2019
Lafiel said:
Mar1217 said:
Yeah, now that I think about the hidden cost in relation to the bandwith and data caps might repulse a lot of those people who might be interested in ...

which come to my next question. Are people actually aware that Stadia exists ? Few are those in my gaming circle who knows about it so there's no surprise in me saying it probably had no reach in the mainstream conciousness yet ... which might actually never happen.

And to that I say, GOOD !

Google can advertise the crap out of Stadia on Youtube and if a ton of people demand higher data caps/no data caps then lo and behold suddenly your ISPs will be able to offer those at little/no additional costs. Or they'll make a deal with Google to exclude the Stadia traffic from the capped data.

I think the ISP data caps in the US will be by far Stadia's biggest challenge. It may be what ultimately sinks it.



Lafiel on 07 June 2019
Mar1217 said:
SpokenTruth said:

I assure you, if Google wants people to know about a service of theirs, people are going to know.

Gmail, YouTube, Search, Android, Maps, Chrome...they will tell you.  And yes, you can block ads but do people block hard coded Google information directly on their services?  They could make the Google Doodle a Stadia portal, for instance (almost certain this will happen too).

So ya telling me we already live in a dystopia ....

paying tons of money for capped data internet and people not making a stank/an effort to get better service sounds like a proper dystopia to me



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TallSilhouette on 07 June 2019

Hold out a bit longer and we'll have at least a bit more ISP competition from 5G cellular companies as well as SpaceX. Not an overnight fix, but it's a start.



Amnesia on 07 June 2019

Investors not worried about Stadia.

It is good to remind that the first announcement of the Stadia a few months ago had produced immediatly a 4-4,5% hit on Nintendo and SONY.



Jranation on 07 June 2019
Kai_Mao said:
Jranation said:

You guys dont have unlimited data? 

I wonder how many people around the world have unlimited data plans..

Especially if some unlimited data plans are not EXACTLY unlimited...

jason1637 said:
Jranation said:

You guys dont have unlimited data? 

There are certain plans that give you unlimited data if you pay more but most Americans have a data cap.

I find that somehow shocking. Here in Australia we have unlimited data for every internet provider and it is the plan that is mostly advertise as because anything below it is not worth for its price. 

For a price comparison. 1month of unlimited data = Retail Launch price of a AAA game or like a Nintendo Game. (Of course there is price difference for some internet providers + data packs for extra speed)



Pocky Lover Boy! 

sethnintendo on 07 June 2019

I'm in USA and don't have data caps in Austin area. AT&T and Spectrum don't mention anything about it. Maybe they might throttle heavy users but never heard anything about it. Seems data caps are in northeast.



Dante9 on 07 June 2019

In Finland we have no caps, and speeds are very good in urban areas, only some rural areas have DSL or 4G connections that suck.
However, I don't like the idea of this. I like dedicated hardware and I only play single player games, so the whole over the net thing just doesn't sit well with me. Too ethereal and remote. I have gone fully digital with game purchases, but I like to know that the game is sitting on my hard drive and not being broadcast to me from somewhere else with all the lag and uncertainty and whatnot. Nah. This worries me a little, because it undoubtedly is the future of gaming. I hope I can hold on to a physical Playstation for many years to come.