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Google Stadia will Fail at Launch - Here is Why

Google has been trying to explain what Stadia is and who is it for, but so far, the messaging has been extremely confusing and misguided.

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gamer78041675d ago (Edited 1675d ago )

in other news, water is wet. at least with xcloud its just an alternative way to play the games you own.

UltraNova1675d ago

Let MS reveal xcloud first and then pass judgement.

gamer78041675d ago

they did a mini reveal earlier at ces, they'll have more info on this months inside xbox. its already a better start, especially since you can have your own xbox act as xcloud without a subscription if you have a good enough net connection.

UltraNova1675d ago

We need more important data than that. Payment schemes, bandwidth requirement, latency etc.

gold_drake1675d ago

hard to say.
those with low Internet connection and data caps will most likely stay away from it.

CrimsonWing691675d ago

I’ll give it a go and see if it’s worthwhile.

THC CELL1675d ago

We don't need a site to say why it will fail. It's doa

PS4Gamer19841675d ago

I will literally bet anyone here $1000 to their $100 that Stadia will be a massive success, easiest $100 I will ever make in my life.

After using PS4 remote play for the last two months, I am 100% convinced portable/play anywhere cloud gaming is the future

Angelin1675d ago

I’ve been using ps4 remote play for the past 3 years and it’s not performing very well. And I connect from another room in my house... multiplayer is out of the question because once every 5 minutes It freezes for one second.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere4h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN1h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

PassNextquestion3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger1h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Profchaos3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto3h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos3h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long2m ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel2h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos46m ago(Edited 46m ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator1h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg5h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos4h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

I think if used correctly it could work well

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A New Era for Mixed Reality

Meta writes: "Xbox and Meta teamed up last year to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) to Meta Quest, letting people play Xbox games on a large 2D virtual screen in mixed reality. Now, we’re working together again to create a limited-edition Meta Quest, inspired by Xbox."