Streaming Futuremark looks Bleak as Cyberpunk fails to revitalize Stadia.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Didn't they find out the internal resolution was way below 4k?
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Bernd Lauert
Banned
Streaming is the future and there's not much anyone can do about it. It's just the superior way to play once the technology gets there.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
This reads like "it's the superior way to play once it becomes the superior way to play"
Bernd Lauert
Banned
No, it's the superior way to play and now the technology needs to catch up before streaming inevitably becomes the way almost everyone plays.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
What's superior about it?
Bernd Lauert
Banned
No need to buy dedicated hardware. No need to download anything, no need to install anything, ideally also no need to buy anything (Microsoft is slowly getting there). Instant access to your games from any device you own.
It's the same reasons why Netflix and Spotify are so popular. Game streaming is just a bit trickier to do obviously.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
Even streaming film and tv isn't "there" to the point where enthusiasts still get physical, just imagine how much time it'll take to get there for the gaming landscape where we argue about 2-5 FPS drops between platforms. Stadia is also such a flop it's hard to see where your optimism comes from, I can see streaming being "big" for some people who normally aren't into gaming but like many other things it won't be the future, just like VR has so far proven over and over to not be the future despite everyone claiming it will be.
RoboEight
Member
This is exactly how I feel. Honestly I've tried some Stadia stuff and it's not bad but I'm not comfortable paying $80 for a game on Stadia with Googles given history with products.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
Video streaming is a 60 billion dollar industry already and is projected to be a 100 billion dollar industry by 2025. If that's not "there", what is?
I'm talking about normal people here, not enthusiasts. Normal people don't argue about FPS drops.
The comparison to VR doesn't make much sense tbh. It's an entirely different thing.
Bryank75
Banned
Streaming doesn't work for gaming, every time there is a holiday or a big launch or a storm or some epidemic, the service will crash or gp down.
Lag and distance from the servers makes the experience far worse, the further you live from them. Resulting in second and third class citizens in gaming that cannot improve their experience without hardware.
It also gives complete ownership of games to the companies.... even the completely narrative based games that have no reason to not have an ownership option.
When these service inevitably disappear, the games are not accessible at all and you will realize you never made an investment in the games... you just paid for access.
Paying for 'access' makes you a complete sucker.
Lag and distance from the servers makes the experience far worse, the further you live from them. Resulting in second and third class citizens in gaming that cannot improve their experience without hardware.
It also gives complete ownership of games to the companies.... even the completely narrative based games that have no reason to not have an ownership option.
When these service inevitably disappear, the games are not accessible at all and you will realize you never made an investment in the games... you just paid for access.
Paying for 'access' makes you a complete sucker.
Jethalal
Banned
About this, I don't believe the push for streaming to casuals and mobile players makes much sense. My brother plays Clash Of Clans a lot but he doesn't feel like playing games on PC or Console. I feel if someone has gaming as a hobby, he'd get an entry level gadget at the very least to play games. I have my doubts about streaming even though I feel it will grow quite a bit in the coming years.