Google Stadia instead of next gen console??
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Ahhh... I'm away on business and having a quiet night in the hotel... so just ordered a Stadia controller and Chromecast ultra bundle for £30 on eBay... 3 months free trial of stadia pro when I signed in on my phone. Something to do on future trips.
Then I spot the news that Google is de-prioritising the platform... Any solid news about how long the service will be supported??
Then I spot the news that Google is de-prioritising the platform... Any solid news about how long the service will be supported??
Glade said:
Ahhh... I'm away on business and having a quiet night in the hotel... so just ordered a Stadia controller and Chromecast ultra bundle for £30 on eBay... 3 months free trial of stadia pro when I signed in on my phone. Something to do on future trips.
Then I spot the news that Google is de-prioritising the platform... Any solid news about how long the service will be supported??
I tried the "play anywhere" feature" from Xbox yesterday ahead of some upcoming work travel. Worked as well as Stadia and means I can keep playing "my" games and have full continuation. That's the killer for Stadia (for me personally) now.Then I spot the news that Google is de-prioritising the platform... Any solid news about how long the service will be supported??
I'm still only carrying a controller and USB-C but get the advantage of keeping my progression.
I signed up for a couple of months, cancelled, then signied up again a few days ago when I noticed wreck fest was included in the pro membership.
It's a pretty decent game to be fair.
In the long term though, unless it can compete with gamepass for content I can't see me keeping it for long. I'm not paying yet another platform a subz plus additional significant sums for digital content that holds zero value once your done with it.
It's a pretty decent game to be fair.
In the long term though, unless it can compete with gamepass for content I can't see me keeping it for long. I'm not paying yet another platform a subz plus additional significant sums for digital content that holds zero value once your done with it.
Glade said:
I will give stadia a blast, and keep the Chromecast in my work bag just for streaming stuff to hotel TV rooms... But have started looking at GeForce Now... Seems to be a similar service.
How do you find it handles low bandwidth/high latency situations often experienced on hotel wifi?Couple of days ago I was changing some settings in my Google account and noticed in our "family" one of my old emails was in there that I don't use so removed it. Fast forward to now, on night shift so thought I'll do a race on F1 2020 only to realise I purchased F1 2020 on the account I have booted out of the family but have been playing it shared on my main account.
So re-instated the email in family and the game has come back onto my main account, I feared that the save data however would be lost. Turns out its not its all still there! Phew!
Was hoping Stadia would get F1 Manager 22 but appears its not.
So re-instated the email in family and the game has come back onto my main account, I feared that the save data however would be lost. Turns out its not its all still there! Phew!
Was hoping Stadia would get F1 Manager 22 but appears its not.
the-norseman said:
Was hoping Stadia would get F1 Manager 22 but appears its not.
Sadly I think the user numbers and operating costs aren't making the current Stadia setup viable for Google to keep putting money in.XBox Live seems to be doing well though, I've got pretty much zero time for games but I would persume XBox Live essentially has the underlying technology?
Scobblelotcher said:
Glade said:
I will give stadia a blast, and keep the Chromecast in my work bag just for streaming stuff to hotel TV rooms... But have started looking at GeForce Now... Seems to be a similar service.
How do you find it handles low bandwidth/high latency situations often experienced on hotel wifi?Personally I don't think the tech is there yet.
Oh how I hope for a big solar flare to break the internet.
As much as streaming, online activations perpetually to use your monthly subbed software, and all that jazz is awesome… it’s only there because it makes others rich.
Yes it is convenient, but there is no reason there isn’t just a toggle ‘online/offline’ or whatever.
That’s not there so when they crank up the price you’re trapped.
But how short sighted and narrow minded?
You’d think the pandemic showed us our societal and economic vulnerabilities but nope, we just dive right back into leaving our productivity increasingly exposed to rare but still likely events.
Take away my internet and I can still do all my work, play games, watch films, look at my photos and listen to my music.
Yes it’s a bit of a faff to set up.
But it was a faff to put some cupboards in my utility room.
It’s a faff to go to the supermarket after they didn’t deliver milk.
It’s a faff to go get the car serviced.
It’s a faff to do my job.
It’s a faff to brush my teeth every night.
A faff to cut my lawn.
Life is a faff
As much as streaming, online activations perpetually to use your monthly subbed software, and all that jazz is awesome… it’s only there because it makes others rich.
Yes it is convenient, but there is no reason there isn’t just a toggle ‘online/offline’ or whatever.
That’s not there so when they crank up the price you’re trapped.
But how short sighted and narrow minded?
You’d think the pandemic showed us our societal and economic vulnerabilities but nope, we just dive right back into leaving our productivity increasingly exposed to rare but still likely events.
Take away my internet and I can still do all my work, play games, watch films, look at my photos and listen to my music.
Yes it’s a bit of a faff to set up.
But it was a faff to put some cupboards in my utility room.
It’s a faff to go to the supermarket after they didn’t deliver milk.
It’s a faff to go get the car serviced.
It’s a faff to do my job.
It’s a faff to brush my teeth every night.
A faff to cut my lawn.
Life is a faff
I upgraded my Google drive to have off site backups of photos etc and decided to have a pop at Stadia, which i use generally on my tablet (For low power consumption gaming).
I wasn't expecting much, but control plays brilliantly.
Not managed to get this to work properly over a mobile connection.
Game prices are rather scandalous.
I wasn't expecting much, but control plays brilliantly.
Not managed to get this to work properly over a mobile connection.
Game prices are rather scandalous.
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