meh Timed Exclusives are better than forever ones so I am fine with it, I will just be waiting for the time they come to other platforms.
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Google promises more than 10 Stadia timed-exclusives by July 2020, more than 120 games coming to Stadia in 2020.
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meh, i imagine the timed-exclusives will be stuff like gylt, and if there's anything must-play people will just wait for the exclusivity to run out.
I don't understand that. Third party exclusivity deals are always lame but Stadia is free soon, I'd say that it's definitely worse outside of the clouds when you have to buy a $500 console + the $60 game than just the $60 game.
I was just thinking the same thing. Especially with the PS5 and Xbox Series X coming out, 120 isn't that big.
Can't deny that ALL platform holders do this. It's not great but it's business as usual.
I have a data cap so Stadia definitely isn't free for me to use :/
I will always prefer a local experience over streaming any day of the week.
The same vocal crowd that's fine with Epic paying to keep games away, better not have a problem with this.
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I actually did address the console part in an edit before the quote. But to answer your question, no I doubt console players will defend this at all if this affects them in any way. We'll see the "sudden" disdain for such deals in short order, no doubt.
Ermm...is 10 games a month supposed to be a lot?
Google is really fucking this up by not focusing enough on games.
Google is really fucking this up by not focusing enough on games.
The people who came up with stadias strategy are incompetent and are arrogant to think the rules don't apply to them.
I mean who in the right mind thought they could launch and succeed with a platform with like 1 dev, when each of the competition has 15+ amazing devs.
I mean, what the fuck were they thinking!
The only logical explanation I can think of is that there must be some internal self sabotage.
I mean who in the right mind thought they could launch and succeed with a platform with like 1 dev, when each of the competition has 15+ amazing devs.
I mean, what the fuck were they thinking!
The only logical explanation I can think of is that there must be some internal self sabotage.
Just because the discussion isn't going the way you'd like doesn't mean it isn't discussion.
If any platform holder was making a commitment to 10 timed exclusives there would be some backlash. And I would argue timed exclusives are way worse when stuck within the realms of a streaming only service.
I don't think Steam has ever done it.
It's not really something Nintendo do much of, outside of a few indie games. There's stuff like Bayonetta 2 but that's a very different situation.
This is the labored breathing of a dying creature.
Hopefully all of the games exclusive to Stadia don't die with it.
Hopefully all of the games exclusive to Stadia don't die with it.
Timed exclusives on a dead service. I can't say I'm happy about that. Hopefully they are not AAA games everyone is looking forward to.
I still don't understand the draw. Pay to stream the games at 4k as well as pay for the game (usually more than on other platforms).
Considering Stadia is fairly shit, it's well deserved and now they are buying exclusivity since they can't be bothered to make their own games. they deserve to be shit on for that as well.
Stadia needs to die before Google buys exclusivity on any good games, and more importantly, developers.
I'm referring to the console platform holders (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and now Google). My apologies, I could have been clearer on that.
At least it's timed exclusives and not actual exclusives. Games tied exclusively to streaming-only platforms is some darkest timeline shit for anyone that doesn't treat games as completely disposable.
Timed Exclusives?
You fucking idiots
What you should be doing is working on Bundle deals, cross play/cross save/ Cross buy
Unbelievable
You fucking idiots
What you should be doing is working on Bundle deals, cross play/cross save/ Cross buy
Unbelievable
Not a good comparison. Epic's deals suck for the PC ecosystem but at least they don't remove the option of playing a game locally.
Okay but that doesn't make exclusives on streaming services lame, it makes your internet provider lame. My hope for next gen is that the streaming services will include all exclusives so I can focus on buying games instead of hardware. The optimal scenario for me is Sony exclusives on PS Now day 1, MS exclusives on xCloud day 1, Stadia exclusives on Pro sub day 1, and Nintendo exclusives on a subscription service. After Stadia I don't fear a streaming service future more than Netflix and Spotify, data caps sucks but the latency issues are overblown and that was my worry.
"120 Games Coming this year" is super vague. Not saying "new" makes me think they're padding the number with a bunch of older games. I could see Koch or Deep Silver throwing all their THQ back catalog stuff on or whatever. Having a wide catalog regardless of how recent the games are is a good thing in a developed system, but I doubt it's going to entice most people to sign up when the majority are games people already have, and you need to pay for them individually.
It's a big "no" from me when it comes to timed exclusives, though. If there are any timed exclusives I want to play, I'll just wait until they're on other systems. I'm doing it with Darksiders, I can do it for most everything else.
Google really needs a compelling, wholly-owned exclusive. They should've had their Halo or Super Mario Bros in order before launching the service.
It's a big "no" from me when it comes to timed exclusives, though. If there are any timed exclusives I want to play, I'll just wait until they're on other systems. I'm doing it with Darksiders, I can do it for most everything else.
Google really needs a compelling, wholly-owned exclusive. They should've had their Halo or Super Mario Bros in order before launching the service.
It's the same exact thing though. Epic doing it is just as bad as google doing it.
I don't understand what the basis for excluding Steam from such a comparison is.
I would not categorise Google as a console platform holder.
Octopath? I don't know if they put any funds towards the game itself or not but seeing as it later released on PC I guess not
going by the usual arguments nobody has any right whatsoever to be mad at this, at least after the 1080p tier launches, because you don't have to buy a new console to play these games
i agree both are bad, but in one case it's still a game you can play on your PC, in google's case it requires you to be in a region supported by stadia and also having a really good internet connection. stadia getting exclusives is worse for people not interested (or incapable of) streaming.
Yeah I forgot that came to PC, although I wonder if that was something negotiated after the fact rather than before. I don't recall it being announced as only a timed exclusive.
But certainly it's not a big focus for Nintendo, even if it's something they do from time to time.