It goes without saying that between Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and Steam, there really isn't much room for much else in the gaming world. Google ignores this and has announced their own gaming setup, Stadia.
To ensure it gets games right off from the start, Google has also created its own 1st party game studio, Stadia Games and Entertainment being led by Jade Raymond. Google plans to support their new service with 3rd party support from Ubisoft and id Software which plan to bring Assassins Creed and Doom which should run on full 4K and 60fps on the Stadia service.
Stadia is not a console but a service that will run on any device that supports Google Chrome and will use a type of streaming ability to bring you the games via Google's data centers. If you like a special controller for these, Google will release a Stadia controller that will connect through wifi to play the games:
During the address, Google claimed Stadia runs at 10.7 GPU teraflops using a single GPU while the PS4 Pro runs at 4.2 GPU teraflops and the Xbox One X runs at 6.0 GPU Teraflops.
The claim that Stadia runs with 10.7 GPU teraflops is when working with a single GPU. However, using multiple GPUs, Google claims Stadia can run even faster, making computing-intensive tasks like water simulation much easier, and more realistic. This power, of course, is dependent on players having a super-fast internet connection.
Google also claimed it is aiming to make games playable on Stadia fully cross-platform compatible. Phil Harrison, VP of Google, said during the keynote “As a new-generation game platform, Stadia will of course embrace full cross-platform play. Developers will have the ability to enable cross-platform multiplayer for all players and even bring game saves and progression across as well."
Google plans on launching the streaming service sometime this year for U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe first with the service supporting 4K at 60 fps for both playing games and sharing game streams, with goals of eventually supporting 8K and 120+ fps.
Will you be buying this service?
To ensure it gets games right off from the start, Google has also created its own 1st party game studio, Stadia Games and Entertainment being led by Jade Raymond. Google plans to support their new service with 3rd party support from Ubisoft and id Software which plan to bring Assassins Creed and Doom which should run on full 4K and 60fps on the Stadia service.
Stadia is not a console but a service that will run on any device that supports Google Chrome and will use a type of streaming ability to bring you the games via Google's data centers. If you like a special controller for these, Google will release a Stadia controller that will connect through wifi to play the games:
During the address, Google claimed Stadia runs at 10.7 GPU teraflops using a single GPU while the PS4 Pro runs at 4.2 GPU teraflops and the Xbox One X runs at 6.0 GPU Teraflops.
The claim that Stadia runs with 10.7 GPU teraflops is when working with a single GPU. However, using multiple GPUs, Google claims Stadia can run even faster, making computing-intensive tasks like water simulation much easier, and more realistic. This power, of course, is dependent on players having a super-fast internet connection.
Google also claimed it is aiming to make games playable on Stadia fully cross-platform compatible. Phil Harrison, VP of Google, said during the keynote “As a new-generation game platform, Stadia will of course embrace full cross-platform play. Developers will have the ability to enable cross-platform multiplayer for all players and even bring game saves and progression across as well."
Google plans on launching the streaming service sometime this year for U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe first with the service supporting 4K at 60 fps for both playing games and sharing game streams, with goals of eventually supporting 8K and 120+ fps.
Will you be buying this service?
