There's No Point to Google Stadia

It's true that the target audience for Stadia is a big question mark, but the real kicker for me is the bandwidth. This article outlines just how DOA this service might be in the US: https://www.pcgamer.com/stadia-4k-streaming-will-use-up-1tb-of-data-in-65-hours/

This was extremely helpful and informative, thank you guys

Meanwhile in rural america... lucky to get 3 mbps.... didn’t want it anyways

It's for Youtubers and their audience. Incorporated increased interactivity with fan base means more donations and a boost in the youtube algorithm. The problem is that most youtubers will end up becoming not even free promoters for this product but people who need this product to make a living, have pay for the product, and by doing so promoting it to their fans. If anything they should give this away to good streamers and gamers but instead Youtube's favorite group of creators to ignore and sacrifice will have to pay for the right to get this mandatory boost in income. It's not like they are going to be allowed to have ad revinue anymore. Side note, autocorrect changes stadia to sadist which is acurate because they are not financially profiting off of others suffering just like their official Youtube Red policy is to annoy consumers into paying google to stop.

nvidia have been trialing this exact service with geforce now for nearly two years. I'm moving a lot between uni and home, I don't own a console or PC, just a MacBook so it's honestly been amazing to play new releases without having to own any of the hardware. it's great for casual gaming, but latency can be noticeable in games like rainbow six. at home I at most get 20mbps and you do lose frames sometimes, stuttering and pixelating of the video, it all depends on the stability of your connection.

Of course there is an audience for this. Not everyone has a device that can play new AAA games. And not everybody can spend $500 for a console and accessories or $1000 for a half decent computer. This way, students and teenagers and minimum wage workers can play on whatever crappy computer they already have for school. And you don’t need a controller for very many games, so they wouldn’t need any hardware. The only roadblocks are consistent internet speeds, which are getting better and more widespread every year. Stadia removes a pretty big barrier for entry into gaming, not to mention the convenience it brings by not having to load local software.

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