Early Stadia reviews highlight game streaming's latency hit
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NeverBackDown
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That's pretty awful for something so hyped up. They need to cut this more than in half at minimum
AlienALX
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It's not so much the lag that screws it for me. It's the fact that it needs a 200mb connection which is mostly not even available in the UK for 4k which apparently isn't even 4k and gets hammered in visual quality by a XB1X at 4k.
How well will it fare against the two new consoles? Not very well I'd guess.
IDK.. the price seems OK but I just can't see it taking off. Those who have a 200mb connection usually have the funds for a decent console or PC. So it's only really going to appeal to casual gamers.
How well will it fare against the two new consoles? Not very well I'd guess.
IDK.. the price seems OK but I just can't see it taking off. Those who have a 200mb connection usually have the funds for a decent console or PC. So it's only really going to appeal to casual gamers.
ImprovizoR
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To add to hilarity of this highly predictable fiasco, they called it "negative latency".Didnt they claim less lag than consoles?what happened there.
NeverBackDown
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Did they seriously say that? They deserve all the flame then :flamed:
Dark NighT
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This is the kind of news i really like when things go this bad for a new thing that clearly... should have been delayed, refined, worked out and had a decent incentive for people to get into. but it didn't have any of those things and if, or rather when Google pulls the plug on this thing, none of your games that you bought will stay with you.. (where you own a license to play because you paid full price)
Yeah well played google. I hope people drop this quickly and look elsewhere.
Yeah well played google. I hope people drop this quickly and look elsewhere.
Latency is still less than a lot of TVs filter modes tbf. Not pro gamer tier but it's less than last gen consoles. If you used an average TV/not setup right and a wireless controller you'd probably end up in a similar ballpark in terms of total latency.
While Stadia has no competition it seems like it will do OK, this is a very popular niche they're breaking in to, its essentially the new premium handheld gaming platform. But its unlikely they could compete with XCloud.
While Stadia has no competition it seems like it will do OK, this is a very popular niche they're breaking in to, its essentially the new premium handheld gaming platform. But its unlikely they could compete with XCloud.
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trawetSluaP
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Most modern TV's, including my own have a Game Mode with less then 20MS response time.
This is some future thing. I really don't see why google is doing this now... Game streaming is a technology about 4-5 years away. When we have 5G actually implemented and you don't need expensive, high speed fiber optic connections for a solid 1ms latency connection to the internet, then something like this will be worth it, especially when you're out and just want to chill in the backseat for example. For now tho, it's really just something for the really lazy ones that don't want to mess with cables behind their TV.
I will be testing it when my ISP installs my fiber connection but I do not have high hopes, and to be honest, I don't find pricing to be good enough to justify.
Exactly, it takes a modern TV with gamemode to get down to 20ms, for just as many it will probably be in the same 40-50ms ballpark as Stadia. Use a generic or last gen wireless controller and that's another 15ms on top anyway.
If you had audio lagging an image by this 50ms delta a human would still be a very long way off being able to tell they're out of sync, it's not a noticeable amount for us with our 250ms reaction times(Obviously the tables turn in the very specific competitive scene but I don't think there's many of those games here).
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This whole thing though... MS spoke up and claimed as well as a discreet towards Google, that streaming in this respect is still a few years away. The above issues confirm it.
Even UBISOFT CEO stated that we will see at least one more generation of consoles before streaming becomes the new gaming method.
Even UBISOFT CEO stated that we will see at least one more generation of consoles before streaming becomes the new gaming method.
Depends on the market you're in ofc, UK/US and much of Europe are like 20+ years behind Japan or eastern European countries with nationalised broadband infrastructure in terms of fibre coverage. UK could have had a full scale roll out in 1990 if it wasn't for privatisation but lets not get into that.
I don't see a point kicking up a fuss that companies aren't focusing on ME right now, because things will move along quickly and everything has teething issues. We've now got 22 cities in the UK with 5G coverage so it's hard to say we have no market for it yet.
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Darkdayzzz
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These words won't ever happen. 5G will be nice sure but it be expensive as all get out, over-hyped (much like it currently is), and probably not nearly as stable as fiber is. 5G will likely launch, fall on its face for 5 years, then get better as ISP won't be able to leave it alone and will have to finally fix their infrastructure.
Atleast we can hope haha.
Also don't forget about the data caps you'll hit really fast and that will cause that awesome 5G speed to kill itself over and over again and become nigh unusable if you are in a third world internet country like myself in the US! YAY!
demonking
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I just feel sorry for the uninformed masses that buy these expecting to get what google advertised. Anyone who has spoken to me ref these has been advised to keep well away for at least 6 months. Its not ready, the game publishers are not ready and the network infrastructure barely exists to get what is being advertised. I don't understand companies that race to get to the post first at the cost of reputation and integrity, but its google so what did I expect.
5G has already launched, already standard on the top tier data plan of many mobile suppliers here, Ookla did an in detail review of real world 5G in the UK yesterday and found typical FTTC tier latency and download speeds across the board. Unlimited data 5G contracts are about £30, which is roughly the same as our home broadband costs at 50mbps.
https://www.speedtest.net/insights/blog/5g-united-kingdom-2019/
[Speeds are ofc slower than countries that haven't had a full scale roll out and a few months of mass availability but at least it gives us a good early idea of somewhat loaded 5G networks]
But still, fibre should and likely will be cheaper, we're just getting slightly shafted in the West in that regard.
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demonking
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It'll be even cheaper if Corbyn gets in with free FTTC for all and a 4 day week to play on your new Stadia
lolWell BT did spend decades developing fibre optic tech into a viable system because it would have been cheaper to do a roll out when work was complete in the 80's than extending out and maintaining copper. But alas, Thatcher sold off the tech, IP and factories that were ready to deliver FTTH across the country in 1990 and left us with private companies whose only desire was to drag out copper to reduce short term costs.
Nationalising the infrastructure division of BT (OpenReach) is 3 decades overdue, this British tax-payer developed tech should never have been sold for scraps to Tory MP mates in the first place. The Tory govt's own reports on the loss of productivity to the third of UK businesses struggling with inadequate access puts the economic damage in the tens of £Bn's annually.
Nationalising the infrastructure division of BT (OpenReach) is 3 decades overdue, this British tax-payer developed tech should never have been sold for scraps to Tory MP mates in the first place. The Tory govt's own reports on the loss of productivity to the third of UK businesses struggling with inadequate access puts the economic damage in the tens of £Bn's annually.
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