"The current downturn in the sales of boxed games has been caused by boring content and no innovation.
That’s according to Ubisoft’s Alain Corre, who says the market is desperate for new ideas – and if it doesn’t get it, spending on video games will continue to fall.
Currently, the UK games market is down 33 per cent year-on-year.", writes MCVUK
Ubisoft executive Alain Corre said the publisher believes Google Stadia will usher in a new generation of games thanks to the hardware capabilities of its data servers, allowing creators to use more NPCs and better AI in their games.
"More to the point, I was missing shots, and it was initially difficult to time melee hits against enemies. It's not that the input lag makes Doom unplayable, but it makes it harder, and it makes you worse at the game. It's the kind of thing that would make you reboot your console and check your TV settings."
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And that was in a controlled environment.
People who are excited for this just haven't tried streaming. And it's not like playing on a laggy TV or something because with a TV the lag is fairly constant. If your playing a rhythm game on a laggy TV your brain can easily compensate and just press the button early. With streaming the lag is constantly changing so just pressing the button early isn't going to be enough, your brain can't adapt to that scenario.
You got people buying ultra low latency monitors and buying gaming mice and fancy controllers to improve their gaming experience and streaming goes hard in the opposite direction.
Streaming has been done in the past and it has never really caught on, I don't think this will be the time. It may seem big because they are buying so much advertising, but On-Live when it was new was pretty much the same and we know how that turned out.
Replies(1)Imagine being a Stadia fanboy. Must be really poor not to be able to afford hardware for gaming. Enjoy the input lag and streamed video
No thanks, hopefully the whole streaming thing crashes and burns.
It won't. You should come to terms with that.
If it doesn't work out now, it will later. As long as internet capabilities keep improving, streaming will be a thing.
You put way too much faith in the improvement of the internet. Also streaming services like Netflix are in financial trouble and Disney's streaming service hasn't even released yet and they have already cancelled over dozen shows and its not because there is a problem with the internet, its because people are losing interest.
I predict that game streaming will go the same route because so much more can go wrong with streaming a game than with simply streaming a tv show.
Until they realise it's not turning a profit so they scrap it and you lose all your games...
@Inzo
"Also streaming services like Netflix are in financial trouble "
Because the other big players(hbo,Hulu,Disney,Amazon ,apple) have seen that Netflix is sitting on a goldmine and want a piece of the action.
"its because people are losing interest."
Do you have an article or something that suggests this cause I'm finding nothing?
Ubisoft's executive Alain Corre stated that the next-gen consoles from Microsoft and Sony are going to be a major leap over this gen, which is fantastic for creators. He even called the SSD addition a revolution.
Great value is subjective. If they release quality games, certainly true - but it all depends on the games being entertaining rather than just vectors for content. I will certainly agree on the upcoming console aspects, the power of them - though I'm PC first and foremost - and SSD's are a huge leap in reducing loading times.
For millions, it’s probably a great deal. It depends on what titles are out though and if you sub for a month or more of course.
Cost of console (or both?) as well as launch titles though? That will add up fast. Subs can help more budget conscious day one gamers (or even not day one).
Uplay+, EA Access, Game Pass, and/or whatever else comes out will be extremely lucrative for day one buyers though. You can pay the cost of a single game and get instant access to 3-4+ game libraries for at least a month thanks to BC and new titles (I’m assuming eA will make pc’s EA access premium console friendly—think day one games are limited to that version ATM.
That’s probably when I’ll actually look into subs most often—at launch when i probably spent over a grand buying 2 new consoles, accessories, some other games, etc. or when I’m done playing the ones I bought or games that saw improvements added.
I don’t think I’m keeping multiple $10-15 a month subs often however. Especially since I and many others already pay so many (Switch/Xbox/PS/etc and then Netflix/etc too all on top of Internet—too many to list actually). I’ll take advantage of the models when I want to though ;)
I'm a console and PC player I have my preference of platform depending on the game type eg long rpg experiences like fallout 4 I prefer on console but fps I play on pc but on PC I find that engines aren't optimised yet for SSD with some games still taking a bit to load on my Samsung Evo 970 m.2 it's significantly faster than console but can still be 60 seconds or so for GTA v (I actually have an SSD in my ps4 pro as I got sick of fallout 4 taking a long time to load interiors and exteriors 26 to 11 seconds now)
So even as PC players we should experience a increase in load times as a benifit from the next gen consoles as engines are optimised for SSD hardware.
I'm with you on that about pcs and with microsoft now supporting pc gaming again I see things improving to. Part of the reason I have moved to pc only gaming due to having less time to game.
Great quality is also subjective. A lot people like online only games like Division, Destiny, ESO etc. They don't really care for single player games. For them that's great quality. And vice versa.
The only games I want to see from Ubisoft next gen is a new Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia. Plus they need to be single player and not have always on internet, to be able to play them. Because if I'm playing a single player game there is no Need for the game to be online.
Hoping to see some AC Odyssey but with the population density of Unity, really keen to see the AI improvements and streaming limitations alleviated too.
Wouldn't mind playing Unity again on the new consoles. I enjoyed that one. The micros were so intrusive though; red chests dotting the map, encouraging you to buy helix credits. It was difficult to peruse the map without the cursor locking on to one of those chests.
Yeah ubi has only gotten worse if you look at far cry new dawn it resembles a play to win mobile title at the start of the game you're encouraged to spend real world money to get a vehicle and weapons if you don't you're walking until you find someone to take out that has a car and a half decent gun
@Profchaos
Bullshit. You don't need to spend money in that game. Not even remotely. You get access to vehicles almost immediately.
As EMEA Executive Director for one of the world's largest video game publishers, Alain Corre is uniquely placed to assess the state of an industry on the brink of a revolution.
I say that we need new consoles just as much as we need new ideas. The hardware's not getting any better.