Games will be free but you will get a couple ads every 20 min. Playing a multiplayer game you will watch boner medication and baby formula ads between matches.
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Google gaming keynote | March 19th, San Francisco
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Not in a world with zero-rating bandwidth policies that isps use at times. If streaming platforms take off they will take a slice and allow it.
The real problems are going to be getting people the bandwidth they need and fixing routing issues on isps that don't place nice.
None of these are hard to solve especially if any of these companies want streaming to be viable alternative to typically pc, console or handheld gaming.
https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/growing-your-gaming-business-with-ads-presented-by-google/865618
I hope everyone is prepared for a Google gaming future.
Ehh, it's not like Sony didn't plan for some scummy ad experiences in the past too...
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Why do we need a dedicated streaming console? Just release a controller that connects to an ipad, laptop, tv and make a dedicated app for streaming.
This person is the Vice President, Product Mobile Advertising. This is already what mobile games are all about and what mobile game developers do. This is unrelated to a console/PC experience.
That looks hideous. Aside from the fact that it somehow manages to look smudged, either the controller is stupidly huge or else the sticks are tiny. If this is real then Google need to go back to the drawing board.
That controller leak/mockup reminds me of the knockoff PC controllers you'd see in the 90s and early 2000s. Hope the actual product looks better.
Nah. The d-pad and face buttons are clearly not symmetrical
Asymmetrical sticks for life!
Why do all the "Console newcomers" always make controllers that are totally not comfortable looking at all. If my hands are going to be holding that thing, being engaged into a game for multiple hours, I want that shit to feel comfy.
Does Google still use that Home icon for anything? Last I saw it was Android 4.4 KitKat.
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Hopefully not quite right. It looks awful in terms of ergonomics, and it's just a tired old controller design. Grip buttons should be standard in controllers going forward, imo.
They've designed real-time ad injects into your AAA games, based on keywords associated with your most recent Google searches.
Perfection.
Perfection.
There are some very off things about that leak.
First off, is that Twitter account the only one who leaked this? Secondly, why the small sticks? Thirdly, why have the home and menu(?) buttons be sunk into the controller? If there are home and menu buttons, what's the purpose of the center "Google logo" button?
Kind of feeling like this isn't legit. If I saw more reputable sources confirming this source, I'd change my tune, but uh... naw.
First off, is that Twitter account the only one who leaked this? Secondly, why the small sticks? Thirdly, why have the home and menu(?) buttons be sunk into the controller? If there are home and menu buttons, what's the purpose of the center "Google logo" button?
Kind of feeling like this isn't legit. If I saw more reputable sources confirming this source, I'd change my tune, but uh... naw.
Patents are diagrammatic, they don't have to be the final design.
It's already established that the controller is a mock-up. The actual controller should look pretty similar, though, if the patent is any indication.
Yes, which is indicative of nothing.
The buttons and sticks on the patent appear to be far larger than this random Twitter account's leak. D-pad is a different shape. Different angles on the plastic casing itself. There is less space in the patent between the sides of the d-pad/face buttons compared to the patent, etc etc etc.
VGaaS allows companies who already offer XaaS to enter the video gaming market. Google is not alone, there is also Amazon, Apple, Nvidia,... even IBM could start an cloud gaming platform.
Spawn Wave put up a video about the Google rumors. I'll update this post with anything interesting.
- Screenshot of the UI from a dev kit
- (we knew this already) Two pillars: streaming and a traditional home console, codename Metallurgy
- Exclusive games using known IPs, funded by Google
- Designed so games developed for the console will translate easily to streaming service
- Streaming service will launch before the hardware
- Currently planning two consoles, one weaker ("Steel") and one stronger ("Titanium")
- "Steel" could be dropped because of production costs
- "Titanium" is more powerful than Xbox One X
- Sleep mode
- Developers supporting the Google console:
- Ubisoft
- SEGA (major revivals)
- Google's own first-party
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I haven't been keeping up with the rumours surrounding this but I always thought they were just streaming games. So they will be releasing a console that will play games natively ?
If the suggestion that the box could be more powerful than Xbox One X is correct then even though it could be compatible with a large portion of Android apps, it'd probably be too expensive just to be an emulator box.
If PSO, I'd be in. I'm sure I'd regret it, but I'd have no choice.
Yeah I mean in addition to playing games specifically targeting it.
An actual console is far more interesting, no interest in streaming. And as the biggest Sega fanboy of old, revivals raises an eyebrow.
The next couple of weeks are going to be super interesting in terms of both Google and Microsoft.
I'm just going, to be honest, this controller looks worse and more uncomfortable than the N64 controller
From watching that SpawnWave video, that is a render and not a leaked press shot