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@jayo2k: "Take the PS5 and the XSX, what innovation do they bring...? NONE, same old just with better graphic, and better graphic means larger games, larger games mean longer download and having to c... See more...
@jayo2k: "Take the PS5 and the XSX, what innovation do they bring...? NONE, same old just with better graphic, and better graphic means larger games, larger games mean longer download and having to constantly uninstall games to install new ones... Do you know how large the next flight simulator is...? No consumer pc on earth can store this game in full... 2 Million Gb... 2 freaking million gb.. 20k terabytes..." It's almost moot having debates about Stadia on a Stadia community site, but looking at things objectively... 1. Do you have any clue what the new SSDs and things like "Velocity Architecture" bring to the party?  No need for duplicate assets (yes, it's a thing they do to speed up loading on spinning discs) and compression yielding smaller packages.  Granted, local consoles don't have infinite storage and so if you download a lot you may need to uninstall or offload games to external storage.  Mind you, consider how many games you actively play at any one point in time.  You may have the odd favourite, but most just never get played again.  Just because Stadia shows you any and all games you have ever played in one place, it doesn't necessarily make that better.  It might be slightly more convenient on occasion, but I've never had an issue with 1TB of space.  It's like Google Music - the choice is overwhelming, so what most people do is download what they listen to most onto their phone or tablet so they can play it locally on a device with comparatively little storage. 2. The next Flight Simulator install is about 150GB (and not coming to Stadia, but will come to Xbox One/Series X).  Most consumer PCs and consoles can store this game in full.  The rest is generative and streamed from the cloud (sound familiar?)  Who cares if I have to download it?  It's only 150GB, and all games can be pre-loaded.  Would take me a couple of hours to download, no big deal. 3. Machine learning to assist games developers applies to ALL games development, not just Stadia. 4. Stadia Gen 1 is meant to be 10.7TFlops - almost twice Xbox One X.  Yet, games look either no different or perform worse.  Numbers mean nothing, and developers saying one thing also mean nothing until we end up in the real world.  Server farms rendering games as video feeds is a different proposition altogether and you WILL have to deal with compression.  Not so on local consoles. 5. It's funny how suddenly $500 worth of hardware is such a big deal when it comes to gaming.  Very narrow minded.  What about total cost of ownership and the price of games (that you admit is non-productive)?  To play games at full fidelity, you need to pay for PRO.  You can't sell the games, and there is no hardware to sell.  Going back to my first point, very few people actually go back to older games, especially franchises that get regular updates.  So, let's assume an average of $50 per game @ 24 games (1 per month for two years) plus hardware and subscriptions (both get free games so we can ignore those): Buying Stadia premier, 24 games and 24 months of Pro is roughly $1,506 Buying Xbox One X, 24 games and 24 months of Live is roughly $1.630 Over 2 years, that's just £128 difference!  But...over the years you stop playing older games, and just because they are there in your menu doesn't mean they are worth playing or going back to.  You're stuck with them on Stadia.  At least with physical games you can sell them.  Even if you only sold half of those games for just $20, you end up roughly $112 better off with the Xbox One X yet have had no less fun or value from them.  Let's also not forget, when it comes to getting the next console it's not $500, it's only $300 because you can sell the old hardware.  But actually it's only $200 for the new console because you have $112 to put towards it from selling a few games.   Like I said, you cannot just say "Xbox Series X" is $500 and there are way better things you can do with $500 that spend it on a games console, but also neglect everything else.   Sure, the above argument wavers a little bit if you buy digital games, but as I demonstrated earlier, even then the difference is not that great especially over a 2 year period.  It all depends on your gaming habits and preferences, but Stadia is about convenience, not power or value.  MS and Sony will have their equivalents very soon, and with WAY more games to play. Don't get me wrong, cloud gaming is here to stay and Stadia is very convenient.  It's also very experimental at the moment, with glitches and stutters that that can ruin game sessions that would never happen with local play (like in F1 at high speeds just coming to a corner and it skips a few frames...into the wall or gravel and its game over). I tried it, I tried liking it, it's just not for me yet.  It'll always be there as an option and if/when it gets that killer exclusive game that I just can't live without, I can sign up again any time, play it and then cancel my sub again until the next big game.  It's very complimentary, but for me it's not a replacement for local gaming...not just yet.
I'm with those who think that the Stadia controller is just as premium as the Xbox One and PS4 controllers - pros and cons across all of them to be honest.  It sits very comfortably in my hand and ha... See more...
I'm with those who think that the Stadia controller is just as premium as the Xbox One and PS4 controllers - pros and cons across all of them to be honest.  It sits very comfortably in my hand and has a good grip.  My fingers rest nicely on the large triggers, but I do think they could do with a little bit more resistance.  I like the clicky nature of the buttons, the rounded d-pad, and my thumbs are symmetrical so much prefer the stick placement adopted by SONY.  It's not that I don't get on with the XBox stick placement, it's fine and not that big-of-a-deal, but given a choice I'd take the layout as it is on the Stadia controller. Who knows how it will compare to the new XBox Series X and PS5 controllers, but I can't see there being huge differences across generations.  Small cosmetic tweaks here and there for Xbox, with perhaps more advancement for PS5 and its haptic triggers. At the end of the day you are not restricted to just using the Stadia controller so it's a moot point anyway.