Stadia, Google Game Streaming platform [2019-2021]

[willardjuice]

A gaming specific design could address that. Google could use Vulkan on a thin gaming layer, for example, and ensure all "Gaming Certified" products enable this.

They could also mandate ogl es 3.x as a minimum spec for [literally any recent or future Android version] instead of ogl es 2.0. That would go a long way in reducing milk's (and other's) poor perception of Android's performance and fragmentation. But they also love selling $50 mali-4xx android devices so here we are...

My bet is this platform will be based on streaming.

 

[DieH@rd]

Google has announced gaming centric presentation for March 19, they have invited all major gaming press outlets to attend. We can expect formal unveil of their cloud gaming service [native Chrome support, plus Chromecasty HDMI dongle+gamepad offering].

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1097863568014409729

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1097863765524140033

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1097864678632493056

However, some rumors are pointing that they will also unveil full home console hardware ["more powerful than Xbox One X"] and some exclusive content/partnerships with big publishers.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...pete-with-nintendo-sony-and-microsoft.104439/

 

[Cyan]

Google has announced gaming centric presentation for March 19, they have invited all major gaming press outlets to attend. We can expect formal unveil of their cloud gaming service [native Chrome support, plus Chromecasty HDMI dongle+gamepad offering].

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1097863568014409729

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1097863765524140033

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1097864678632493056

However, some rumors are pointing that they will also unveil full home console hardware ["more powerful than Xbox One X"] and some exclusive content/partnerships with big publishers.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...pete-with-nintendo-sony-and-microsoft.104439/

it could well be a full-fledged desktop console, but I don't think so....

This thing seems to be the gamepad.

 

[BRiT]

Already hate the gamepad button placements.

 

[DieH@rd]

This fan mockup is made out of patent images, which are most surely not using real dimensions.

 

[DieH@rd]

"Join us March 19, 2019 10AM PDT live at https://g.co/gdcreveal19 as we unveil Google’s vision for the future of gaming."

 

[Karamazov]

The Google Dreamcast
launching with Sega GT, Virtua Fighter 6, Daytona 4

 

[SlmDnk]

Does the filename reveal anything worthwhile? I just learned about Yeti, which is old news, apparently.

yeti-teaser-pdp-p1-pdp-hero-interactive-crm-desktop-video-1.mp4

Video source: https://store.google.com/magazine/gather_around

Also, the slogan is "Discover a new way to play." Hopefully Yeti is not another destined-to-fail game streaming service...

EDIT: https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/google-keynote-presented-by-google-inc/865727

 

[AlphaWolf]

"Google, where the game plays you"

I predict that will be their launch slogan.

 

[BRiT]

Will these games have a I'm Feeling Lucky button?

 

[JPT]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1105602638517669889

 

[iroboto]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1105602638517669889

I didn’t expect this.

 

[ultragpu]

If it brings the Teraflops and exclusives then I'm on board, a streaming box can f*** the right off tho.

 

[cheapchips]

If it brings the Teraflops and exclusives then I'm on board, a streaming box can f*** the right off tho.

It'll be f**king off then!

 

[wco81]

Google Cloud would be one of the options. Devs would pay Google every time someone plays their game and uses the servers. Something like Fortnite would be a cash cow. Establishing Chrome as the de facto portal for gaming would of course be valuable in many ways. As per the article, what if you could access games in Chrome and play full screen, on any device?

The downside is YouTube level's of video quality for gaming?? Not for me! that's possibly where hardware is needed. Get gamers playing real games on hardware, dabbling with streaming, and grow the two together.

But doesn't Fortnite go around the Play store to avoid paying Google a cut of whatever revenues they generate?

 

[Love_In_Rio]

If it brings the Teraflops and exclusives then I'm on board, a streaming box can f*** the right off tho.

What about being a box with dedicated chip for low latency streaming at 1080p 60fps and another chip with tensor cores for 4K upscaling, with servers based on Nvidia Ray Tracing GPUs -now Turings and after the 7nm ones- ?.

https://cloud.google.com/blog/produ...ng/nvidia-tesla-t4-gpus-now-available-in-beta

 

[Nesh]

it could well be a full-fledged desktop console, but I don't think so....

This thing seems to be the gamepad.

It looks like a gamepad of a failed 90s console

 

[milk]

It looks like a gamepad of a failed 90s console

but it's of a failed 20's.

 

[ultragpu]

What about being a box with dedicated chip for low latency streaming at 1080p 60fps and another chip with tensor cores for 4K upscaling, with servers based on Nvidia Ray Tracing GPUs -now Turings and after the 7nm ones- ?.

https://cloud.google.com/blog/produ...ng/nvidia-tesla-t4-gpus-now-available-in-beta

Pretty sure my internet can't handle the 4k bandwidth so no.

 

[Nesh]

Now rumors about Sega and Google joining forces emerge