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@BigOrkWaaagh when you disconnect from the game for whatever reason (usually because the connection to the server is crap), if you open it again within 10 minutes, you'll be back in the exact same position as before. If you wait more than 10 minutes, you have to restart the game and hope the last save wasn't too far back. Edited by Malek86 at 15:28:19 26-04-2020 |
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Malek86 12,331 posts
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Got a free Pro trial offer so I thought I'd give it a shot. I fired up Destiny 2 in Chrome and it moved OK but looked rubbish - would've tried it on my Shield TV Pro but it isn't compatible. Had a look through the library of games and also tried Grid, also looked rubbish. Then I cancelled my account - it was an exciting 30 minutes! -
ManicDrunkMonk 557 posts
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Registered 16 years agoSeems like they’re giving up:
https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761/amp?__twitter_impression=true -
Malek86 12,331 posts
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Registered 14 years agoStadia had internal studios?
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ManicDrunkMonk 557 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@Malek86 Not that I know of. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI did not see this coming. Not at all. It's all so shocking. Google, abandoning something? -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSeriously though anyone who actually bought into this thinking it was going to be a competitor to Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft was high as fuck. So that's both two massive companies (Amazon too) who have shat the bed massively in trying to enter the gaming industry. -
fontgeeksogood 12,913 posts
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Registered 3 years agoThey're just not developing games, Jambo. The platform still makes sense, cloud gaming is clearly the way forwards.
The better analogy is that they've done a Reverse Sega -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoReally, I think the analogy is that they've done a Google and abandoned another project. Yeah the technology is sound but the product was DOA when companies like Microsoft And Nvidia introduced their own streaming services with crucially of stuff you already own. They had such a weird pricing model -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThey were just really evasive. The monthly fee was obviously to cover hosting costs, so why not just say that? Sell it as having your own cloud instance.
But then you can probably only charge a fee or full whack for games, not both. Nothing about it was good value.
Especially when you compare it to 22 quid a month for an Xbox and gamepass -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI'm still amazed that anyone actually believed that Google were going to do things differently this time. -
QuickWithKnives 127 posts
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Registered 8 months agoI don’t have a particular axe to grind with Google; I just didn’t think either they or Amazon had any chance of succeeding in the current gaming market. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI think it’s more that it came out just as google cemented its reputation for binning stuff. Everyone assumed this was DOA the minute it was announced and thus it became DOA.
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JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agonickthegun wrote:
The press release for this kinda reads as 'making games is hard, I'm going home now'.
I think it’s more that it came out just as google cemented its reputation for binning stuff. Everyone assumed this was DOA the minute it was announced and thus it became DOA.
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYou-can-call-me-kal wrote:
Hehe
Obviously I wasn’t suggesting this specific piece of tech is going to singlehandedly revolutionise all internet infrastructure...
New tech sets new benchmarks for all the other tech. I would be absolutely astonished if the next gen of consoles weren’t all somewhat influenced by the Stadia, not to mention the slew of other 4K, 8K etc streaming services, and everything else that’s coming.
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Registered 19 years agonickthegun wrote:
Precisely. Google needs to fix their rep.
I think it’s more that it came out just as google cemented its reputation for binning stuff. Everyone assumed this was DOA the minute it was announced and thus it became DOA.
Same with anything else they announce.
Plus internet in america is fucking bullshit with low speeds and data caps. Stadia wasn't even useable for a majority of people.
Honestly, I think the only company with enough clout and ability, not to mention library is Valve. Just build it into the Steam client and charge a reasonable price.
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deez 381 posts
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Registered 14 years agoBit disappointed if this goes as got the free cyberpunk offer and I've found it pretty decent, especially for a blast on the laptop in front of the telly.
Also, more redundant plastic. I have they offer a proper way to use the controller fully on PC so they don't all just go in the bin. -
Psiloc 6,366 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSolution looking for a problem. -
uiruki 5,975 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI was watching the Giant Bomb E3 talk with the Stadia guy and his response to Jeff Gerstmann's concern that he already blows through data caps was that 'the internet will fix it'. -
Tonka 31,979 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI'd love to know the reasoning for this, but also WTF they expected their internal dev studio to do in less than a year. -
deadpxl 14 posts
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Registered 11 months agosTrEaMiNg iS cLeArLy tHe fUtUrE -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoYou should go see the Stadia sub Reddit if you want to see denial in action. There's a lot of people trying to turn closing all your game studios as a positive. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMaybe Nintendo would be interested in streaming stuff in 4K to the switch pro, plus their codebase already is made for Nvidia hardware, which Stadia uses iirc. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThey already stream games(ish). Control and Hitman 3 on the switch offload their graphics processing to THE CLOUD.
I think the take away from this isnt that game streaming is a lost cause, its more that google are fucking useless for anything other than selling adverts.
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You-can-call-me-kal 23,013 posts
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Registered 15 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
What?
You-can-call-me-kal wrote:
Hehe
Obviously I wasn’t suggesting this specific piece of tech is going to singlehandedly revolutionise all internet infrastructure...
New tech sets new benchmarks for all the other tech. I would be absolutely astonished if the next gen of consoles weren’t all somewhat influenced by the Stadia, not to mention the slew of other 4K, 8K etc streaming services, and everything else that’s coming.
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JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoYep, they seem to have no direction at times and come across as an easily bored child. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYou see it all the time in IT unless its well managed. Theres no glory in keeping the lights on and anyone with any talent usually jumps onto the next shiny thing.
It feels like nobody hangs around to curate anything at google. They shove something out to great fanfare and then it just withers and dies. -
Zerobob 3,017 posts
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Registered 12 years agoStreaming is definitely the future, because it just makes sense in terms of efficiency and convenience. However, I think 2 major things will need to happen first, which could still take decades.
First, fibre broadband has to be installed in the majority of homes. It also needs to be acknowledged as the essential household utility that it's become, now everything from key government services, banking, TV, gaming, etc. has all been pushed online, in some cases exclusively. Subsequently, fibre connections must be charged at far lower rates to reflect this, as it's no longer a luxury service.
Second, a central standard for buying cross-platform digital games needs to be developed, that's interchangeable between streaming platforms, meaning games aren't tied to the success and existence of single companies. Of course, games can remain exclusive to certain streaming services for set periods of time (years) to encourage competition, but as all games will ultimately become a PC game running on standard cloud server hardware, it only seems fair to the consumer to future-proof game purchases by eventually allowing "platform exclusives" to be played via any streaming service. -
Friends don’t let friends buy into paid Google stuff folks.
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