GeForce Now?
Having played far too much Just Cause 3 than is healthy via GeForce Now I really appreciated it for not having to deal with the space and GPU requirements of modern games. Except for some reason GeForce Now required a GeForce GPU rendering the whole concept somewhat redundant.
I could play a pretty decent selection of my Steam games via their service, and even glitch it to run an unsupported game. Network latency was a huge pain, though, even at 1080p on my relatively decent FTTC-but-wet-string-to-my-house connection.
Now Stadia requires Google hardware and purchases exclusively via Google?
I'm surprised that- given the propensity of modern games to attempt to extort money out of players with every imaginable tactic- they don't just make the whole thing totally free and force publishers to rely on micropayments. Sheesh even Microsoft can wrangle a pretty respectable library of free games for £7.99/month. Google's offering of is pretty lackluster when you consider that an all-digital Xbox One S can be had right now for £170.
Aaannd another thing- why make their own controller? Didn't pan out so well for Steam. Look over at Apple- the normally unreasonable, non-interoperable, elephant of stubborn arrogance- and they're supporting Xbox One and PS4 controllers on Apple TV for their game subscription service.
My working theory with the "Stadia Founders Edition" bundle is that Google hope to exploit the sunk cost fallacy to keep users paying for a subscription long enough for them to get the service to be actually worthwhile and interesting.
Oh... anyone remember OnLive?
Whew. /rant
Having played far too much Just Cause 3 than is healthy via GeForce Now I really appreciated it for not having to deal with the space and GPU requirements of modern games. Except for some reason GeForce Now required a GeForce GPU rendering the whole concept somewhat redundant.
I could play a pretty decent selection of my Steam games via their service, and even glitch it to run an unsupported game. Network latency was a huge pain, though, even at 1080p on my relatively decent FTTC-but-wet-string-to-my-house connection.
Now Stadia requires Google hardware and purchases exclusively via Google?
I'm surprised that- given the propensity of modern games to attempt to extort money out of players with every imaginable tactic- they don't just make the whole thing totally free and force publishers to rely on micropayments. Sheesh even Microsoft can wrangle a pretty respectable library of free games for £7.99/month. Google's offering of is pretty lackluster when you consider that an all-digital Xbox One S can be had right now for £170.
Aaannd another thing- why make their own controller? Didn't pan out so well for Steam. Look over at Apple- the normally unreasonable, non-interoperable, elephant of stubborn arrogance- and they're supporting Xbox One and PS4 controllers on Apple TV for their game subscription service.
My working theory with the "Stadia Founders Edition" bundle is that Google hope to exploit the sunk cost fallacy to keep users paying for a subscription long enough for them to get the service to be actually worthwhile and interesting.
Oh... anyone remember OnLive?
Whew. /rant
