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Kotaku Sources: Google Is Planning A Game Platform That Could Take On Xbox And PlayStation
- Thread starter Nirolak
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And that's on store which piracy is not stopped, it's probably mind blowing how much Apple made on app store.
Hmm.. i'm not sold on this. Most other big companies i'd be a bit more open to, but Google has a habit of starting up new projects then abandoning them. I'm not sure i'd trust them enough to invest long-term into gaming.
It's going to really suck if Amazon bought Double Helix just to trap them in development limbo.
It's going to really suck if Amazon bought Double Helix just to trap them in development limbo.
They released some F2P game in 2014, then had Breakaway cancelled. This is what I would worry about if Google started nabbing studios :/
Reminds me of the early rumblings around Amazon Game Studios.
Alphabet/Google has a hard enough time keeping things alive that do well. I have zero faith that anything they do in this arena becomes a product that people can buy, whether a set-top box or a game.
Alphabet/Google has a hard enough time keeping things alive that do well. I have zero faith that anything they do in this arena becomes a product that people can buy, whether a set-top box or a game.
This is a good damn post. I would add that I think that Google and Apple have the finances and assets to get into the gaming industry. I think they can hand out some cheques to gaming "talent" without even thinking about it.
I'm not sure about how Amazon is doing financially (compared to Apple and Google) but I'm sure it's still gangbusters. I think their branding would be better solely for the fact that they own Twitch, but I don't know how much that would matter in the grand scheme of things.
People blowing this off should be absolutely terrified at the prospect of a company with Google money getting into the studio acquisition business.
No fucking way!
Google was at Triton college in Illinois in May/June recruiting game development and art graduates for a top secret project. Why on earth would they do that to release an android box? Google of all tech companies would be capable of putting out a legit console.
3-5 years.... more like 2-3 :P. No doubt there could be a huge initial push and then as you say, it would completely fizzle out once Google gets bored. Now, I can see them trying to make Android TV/Google Home/whatever a better platform for games already in the Play Store.
i know it was said when MS jumped in, but "good luck with that". the big 3 are pretty homogenous, and you need a very specific kind of investment to make it
I mean Google's been in the acquisition business for decades and none of their dozens of hardware projects has really lifted off.
The only wild card Yeti has is a dedicated global leader in the form of Phil Harrison.
But they need to build an entire internal culture that lives and breathes gaming, something that Amazon has spent years and hundreds of millions failing to do. I'm staying skeptical.
The only wild card Yeti has is a dedicated global leader in the form of Phil Harrison.
But they need to build an entire internal culture that lives and breathes gaming, something that Amazon has spent years and hundreds of millions failing to do. I'm staying skeptical.
Was the "Would you play $5-$20 games if they had ads" thread a preparation for Google's strategy with this?
Yeah the company that can barely execute anything for shit is gonna do this. Hard to take it seriously. Will just be a side project that goes nowhere before they ditch it eventually.
Makes me wonder if rumblings of this prompted the MS CEO to invest more in gaming.
In any case, after seeing all of Amazon's efforts fizzle out, and given the history of Google trying and dropping so many things so quickly, I don't have a lot of hope that Google can make it in the gaming industry.
In any case, after seeing all of Amazon's efforts fizzle out, and given the history of Google trying and dropping so many things so quickly, I don't have a lot of hope that Google can make it in the gaming industry.
Google can definitely upset the market and create a new player but it's how serious they are about it. Google has entered multiple new industries before, creating new products only to eventually back out when they didn't think it was worth their time any more. With Google, it's a wait and see approach to whether they are a serious player.
Whenever streaming becomes a thing I can see Google and Amazon getting into the gaming platform business. Until then it will be hard for them to attract developers to develop for their proprietary hardware.
I am terrified for the fate of developers letting themselves get acquired by a company who doesn't yet have a product in the market and has a reputation for shuttering/shuffling even successful products, but they made their own bed when they cashed in
User Warned: Platform-warring.
I'm in favor of anyone replacing Microsoft at this point. It can't get much worse than XB1 for me so I say go for it Google. If anyone is getting knocked out of the market, it will be the newcomer or MS.
It's nice to see a new face trying to crack into the console business, but I for one am not interested in a google console. They can run every other aspect of my life, just leave my games alone.
Google "Welcome to the Google Games keynote. We are pleased to announce a set top box game streaming service....."
dead in the water
Google "Welcome to the Google Games keynote. We are pleased to announce a set top box game streaming service....."
dead in the water
I can see them making a -mostly- third-party games console with a few exclusives, and a good streaming service. If anyone has the bandwidth, infrastructure, and expertise to deliver a good streaming service that is google. Streaming is going to be the future of this industry, at least in big cities.
How is people still managing to troll the Xbox on a thread about Google? Smh
Microsoft Games division does not receive carte blanche or blank checks from Microsoft proper, so no, it is not at all the same.
Was just using it to watch an sgdq vod and holy shit is it disgusting.
Except for ask Jeeves. They did a pretty good job on that one.
I think it would take GTA or Elder Scrolls level acquisitions to entice enough people. No new IP can do it without a brand behind it. Even Halo had its PC release back in the day to spread out, and Xbox Live was the unique hook other consoles couldn't compete on.
Even if Google drops an exclusive game that's good, it'd have to be genre-defining to draw enough people. If it's (for example) a great RPG, there are still plenty of those out there.
This is probably just their next Android TV box like the Nexus Q/Player.
That said, as much as I like Google, it always feels like they half-ass their new hardware stuff constantly so I don't know if I'd really get this.
That said, as much as I like Google, it always feels like they half-ass their new hardware stuff constantly so I don't know if I'd really get this.
