Google unveils Stadia, a game streaming service for Chrome, Android, and TVs that lets users “instantly” play games, coming in 2019 with 4K HDR support at 60FPS
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Anirudh Regidi / Firstpost : Google Stadia: Late to the cloud gaming party, and still an impractical dream Laurent Giret / OnMSFT.com : Xbox head Phil Spencer says Microsoft will “go big” at E3 2019 after Google Stadia reveal Dave Lee / Notes from Silicon Valley : Google leads gaming down a perilous path YouTube : Livestream of Google's keynote at the Game Developers Conference Tweets: Karl Bode / @karlbode : Watching Google avoid mentioning substandard US broadband or broadband usage caps at this Stadia game streaming press conference is a treat. Nick Statt / @nickstatt : So Google's Phil Harrison tells me the company plans to talk the commercial plan / economics of Stadia this summer. I imagine at Google I/O and/or E3. Still unsure if this is a subscription service or not. Bryce / @brycej : It is great to see @googleaccess supporting devices like the #XboxAdaptiveController in #stadia. Please consider enabling the copiloting of these devices. It will really help gamers with limited mobility a lot. #googleStadia https://www.windowscentral.com/ ... @ohmdee : Google is one of the few tech companies that works hard to get the latest products and features into users' hands without requiring spending on new hardware. #Stadia http://twitter.com/... @cnbc : AMD stock spikes after Google confirms partnership for new video game streaming service http://www.cnbc.com/... @honorthecall : Google Stadia is a direct competition to Playstation, Xbox and Steam platforms. If they can smoothen the gameplay, it can pose a serious challenge to the incumbents. Imagine not having to pay $400 ish for consoles or having to build $2-3,000 custom gaming rigs. pic.twitter.com/wBfkfvzvNX @xboxscot : No price? Yeah, I ain't paying a monthly fee to not own games. I'll pay Xbox a monthly fee to access MY games via XCloud as and when I need that option, but no ... not interested in Stadia at all. Pass. Sims / @datingsims : Biggest thing I love about the #Stadia is that it learned literally nothing from Microsoft's E3 thing with the Xbox One. • What if you don't have good internet? Lmao why would I live there. • What if you wanna play offline? We got a 360 for that. pic.twitter.com/2UqN8FwnBT Lachlan / @thetacticalbrit : Interesting Stadia points > 78x More computational power than an Xbox One X > Clients and Servers on same system = No lag/low ping > Petabytes of SSD data available (Devs not constrained) > Uses a Vega 56 setup > Wifi based controller > load spers almost instant pic.twitter.com/HSJN362qs6 @klobrille : #Stadia thoughts: The whole concept is ambitious and looks great if you have good internet. However, it's an interesting take to reveal a new gaming platform without talking about ... Games. Both Xbox as well as Playstation have a huge edge in the most important aspect: content. @amountaindewd : Finally, while game streaming is SUPER COOL, current net neutrality protections ARE NOT. So while I'm super excited about the possibility of being able to play high-fidelity games on any screen, I'm also cringing thinking of the ways our ISPs will find ways to fuck us over. @amountaindewd : The future fight isn't going to be which console you prefer, but rather which storefront you've bought the most things from. To be honest, that's the primary reason I could never switch to Android, I just have waaaaaaay too much shit on iTunes. Lil Jan / @lil__jan : Microsoft could have the high ground if they play their cards right: -Keep the xbox console line. -Disc to stream services added to the normal stream and physical/downloaded media. Keeping ownership of the games. -Actual Play-Anywhere. Hadrian / @emperorzoan : Of course there's no way you're going to play competitive games on it but for more casual games it would be dope to not have to buy a PS4 or Xbox. #stadia Luke Kirchner / @lukekirchner : *Xbox cloud service gets trailer* Google Stadia: Hold my Be...e.....r #Stadia #Latency @lhf_toni : So exactly what Xbox announced last week. Alistair Barr / @alistairmbarr : Ask your doctor if Stadia is right for you Sundar Pichai / @sundarpichai : This morning at #GDC2019 we unveiled @GoogleStadia: together with the game community of players, viewers and developers, we can create a new games experience powered by the best of Google and built for everyone http://blog.google/... http://twitter.com/... Dave Lee / @daveleebbc : No price, no launch date - tho Google's @MrPhilHarrison tells me those details will come at E3 (which means June at the very earliest for Stadia's launch) https://twitter.com/... Dave Lee / @daveleebbc : Also - google not confirming if it's indeed a subscription model. Nor how many devs other than Ubisoft and Id are on board. Nilay Patel / @reckless : It was only a matter of time before game streaming actually worked, but this Google Stadia launch seems pretty huge. http://www.theverge.com/... Nick Statt / @nickstatt : Google says Stadia is launching this year. First in the US, Canada, UK, and most of Europe. No pricing information, which arguably is the most important part here. Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : Jade Raymond: Working with devs to make tech available to studios “big and small”. “We're committed to going down the bold path, learning what's working best, and sharing key tools and tech so we can take games to the next level together.” pic.twitter.com/kskYB7Spec Owen Williams / @ow : here's the trailer for stadia http://www.youtube.com/...notably absent: any vague launch date at all Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Google: Look at this amazing cloud videogame service we're announcing! Me, a nerd: Wow, what will this do to Google's capex budget? Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : The new head of Stadia games and entertainment is the former founder of Ubisoft Toronto and Motive Studios Jade Raymond. Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : Google launches Stadia Games and Entertainment: its first-party game studio. Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : Gamers will be able to find and discover games no matter where they are and share with friends, be it through social media, Google Stadia store, and more. Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : Now we're talking about Google Assistant on Stadia. When player is stuck on a level, players leave the game and go to YouTube and find out how to pass it. In Stadia, it's through Google Assistant. Just push button on Stadia controller to get help passing a level. Ken Yeung / @thekenyeung : YouTube will have engagement tools that are tied to Stadia, like waiting room. Michael Crider / @michaelcrider : hey Google it'd be real nice to have your own fiber network for customers now wouldn't it wouldn't it Google Alex Webb / @atbwebb : “With Stadia, game client and server both remain on Google's networking backbone, resulting in predictable latency... since no traffic gets exposed to the public internet.” This seems like a pretty considerable power grab. Karl Bode / @karlbode : I mean I think Google can pull this off, and they certainly have datacenter firepower well beyond what OnLive did, but your experience of the service is still going to depend entirely on how crappy your local broadband monopoly is. Kind of hard to ignore that fact. Owen Williams / @ow : watch google note america isn't the only country in the world and that's why this goes global on day 1 http://twitter.com/... Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : Last week: Google moves ML speech-to-tech from the cloud to the edge. This week: Google moves gaming from the edge to the cloud. We have vast computing power at both ends and are working out what goes where. (See also FB end-to-end crypto and its implications for ads, safety) Brian X. Chen / @bxchen : Interesting that Google is leveraging YouTube to offer its streaming games service. Obviously targeting casual gamers, but the question is whether the streamed games will also appeal to core gamers who prefer consoles. Nick Statt / @nickstatt : Google now saying Stadia will support splitscreen play on simultaneous, separate Stadia instances, yet in the same game server. Says it opens up the possibility of bringing up your friends' POV in-game. Paul Thurrott / @thurrott : Google's claims here do beg the question of why Microsoft is being so conservative about game streaming adoption. Owen Williams / @ow : Remember: Google Stadia is an important push for the future for game developers too. Remote cloud gaming? No hacking No cheating No piracy @russellholly : Equally bold claim. pic.twitter.com/R8beyQwAIk @russellholly : Bold claim. pic.twitter.com/dwf7TUL7RK Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Doom Eternal is coming to Google Stadia and it sounds like it'll run without compromises. pic.twitter.com/SA06lQ4HXd