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There's actually a very, very simple test you can do to see if cloud gaming is currently viable:
Can you, in 99.5% of all cases, eliminate lag in multiplayer games played on a wireless network in the entire United States? If Yes, Go. If No, ABORT.
Obviously, the answer is no. You can't do that. There's a multitude of reasons this was bound to fail technically:
1. The Internet in the US is one of the slowest in the developed world. In some rural regions, you're lucky if you can watch movies in 1080p, let alone 4k. In the most remote, you need a fucking satellite dish.
2. Wireless routers are typically not where most entertainment is held. They're in basements or off in random rooms, depending on the construction of the house or how the internet was installed. My router is in the basement and I have my 4k TV (I'm not rich, 4k TVs of a decent size and a generic brand are like 250-350 and still look awesome) hooked up on Ethernet, so you know, I can actually watch something at decent quality. Wireless and running 4k for most people is asking for trouble.
3. Bandwith caps and silent throttling. Some ISPs have bandwith caps or will throttle you if you use too much.
4. Multiple people using a network. This is incredibly, incredibly common. Unless you live alone in a house, you're bond to be sharing it with family, room mates, neighbors, other students...the list goes on. The strain of streaming a game will sink that.
5. Contrary to popular belief, streaming 4k TV will use far less bandwith than streaming a 1080p game.
6. Games have had to be actively ported to the Stadia. This is the Stadia's dirty little secret. Its not like Google is installing a game on their server. They have to be ported to the system itself, which costs man hours and time. Which is why you're seeing 3 year old titles selling for $60. These are ports. Its also why Destiny 2 isn't free to play when its free to play everywhere else, it had to be ported to the system. Meaning these ports will come along with their own issues along with the Stadia's issues. So you're not only paying full price for old games, you're inheriting the problems of a port along with the problems of the Stadia itself for full price.
I mean, it turns out its even worse than that. Basically, the optimal set-up for the Stadia is someone who lives alone, with the highest and fastest internet imaginable in the entirety of the US, hooked up to an ehternet cable in the same room. This person will also have purchased no other consoles, PC products, Apple or Android phone games and will solely use the Stadia. There are entirely 3 of these people who exist.
Hilariously, you can already do this with Steam.
1. Have your main rig on and the games you want installed on it.
2. Install the proper drivers on the devices you want to use it with.
3. Stream games to device from your main rig wherever you are.
Done. Stadia is now irrelevant.
Also if you find someone saying 'HURRR LET PEOPLE ENJOY THINGS', tell them other people aren't enjoying anything because that little Stadia using faggot is destroying all the bandwidth for an entire household.
I also see the Stadia could be used as an expert trolling device. Drive around using laptop and chromecast. Find unsecured network. Launch Stadia in 4k. Destroy house's bandwidth and watch residents kill each other trying to figure out who is doing it.
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