Is PlayStation ready to compete against Google’s Stadia?

"Google took the gaming world by the storm with its Stadia announcement. This idea is by far something completely revolutionary. Streaming games have been alive since the days of OnLive and Gaikai. The impressive part comes from the fact that Google indeed has the capital and infrastructure to make this work. With robust competition in the streaming market, is Playstation ready to compete against Google’s Stadia?" -- PlayStation Enthusiast

[IRetrouk]

Would it not be the other way around? Seeing as its playstation who currently has the biggest game streaming service? Sonys working on updates as we speak, they said as much, if anyone thinks Sony sees Google and micro coming and is just sitting there is in for a shock.

[anonymousfan]

I wonder if tomorrow's "state of play" is timed precisely to show off Sony's streaming service

[IRetrouk]

Not a bad shout tbf, although they did say it would feature games, both unannounced and show off ones we know about too, excited for it but keeping myself in check😂

[fr0sty]

Why show it off in a public event when we can all play it right now?

[IRetrouk]

Well I mean they would have to hype the upgrades and also roll them out, one good thing is that Sony has a hell of a lot of data to work with, which can only lead to improvements, also the roll out of any upgrades will probably happen quick, they already have a very good base to work off. Its input lag I want to see an improvement in the most, it kills racing games for me, which I would play the most to be honest.

[crazyCoconuts]

I don't think so. I think they'll be quietly getting something ready but will wait to play their hand. Competition hasn't really revealed anything useful about pricing model or anything. I'm sure they'd like to know what they're up against before making adjustments.

[Ju]

Sony could just make every PSN game you own available on PSNow (and integrate the cloud saves better). Bam. Thousands of games available right away. This doesn't even cost them a dime. And then, merge PSNow subscription into a PSN+ version and make all free PSN games PSNow games (which in fact it already is).

[battlegrog]

Clearly you dont understand the back end of this business. Its the infrastructure and technology which sony has neither. The only way sony can compete is if they are renting servers all over the world because they dont have that structure and have a huge cloud team working on making this work. Theres 2 reasons why ps now is not hugely popular. They are using a small tech company sony bought up and the service is not even close to being good enough.Plus they decided to only go in a random selection of games library compared to choosing what games u want to buy to stream. So for the sake of sony i hope that is exactly what they will do. They could team up with Amazon maybe since google is going in on its own. MS has the structure, the tech and the library. So they have a very strong place hold in this cloud concecpt

[IRetrouk]

What a load of crap, ps now is bigger than all 3 of eas services and ms gamepass, it's the only working streaming game service, how has it not got the structure or tech if it's been working from 2014?🤣🤣 they payed for onlive, that alone gave them over 140 patents and other bits of tech, they also bought gaikai or whatever it was called, they have plenty of tech and servers, ps now works fine, its input lag that puts me off, and guess what? Input lag will always be present, no matter who does the streaming, basically your whole post is a diehard xbox fans rant😂

[rainslacker]

It's funny how people really seem to know what kind of server space Sony has to run PSNow. They don't have the technology. They don't have the servers. Sony's been running PSNow for a while now. It works. They obviously have the technology. They obviously have the server space. If they need more, they can buy them, or rent them. Hell, they could rent it from MS or Google if they wanted to. Or they can do what they're already doing and partner with RackSpace.

One may not understand the back end of the business, but you haven't done anything to prove Sony isn't capable, or doesn't have the server availability. Nothing points to them not having it. Sure, MS and Google have more, but it's not like they're dedicating all that space to these services.

[Ju]

Funny that they cite "the infastructure" when all other 2 main competitors explicitly say, they are putting custom servers in their data centers. MS builds custom XB1S blades, and Google a dedicated x86/10Tf server. Sure, if they can interface with the rest of their data centers to do some processing, that's an advantage, but why even bother putting custom (!) HW in data centers then? All PSNow servers are custom PS3/PS4 blades. What's the difference? I tell you, from a business standpoint, nobody will clog up expensive CPU resources with games nobody will pay for when you can charge per cycle for any compute resource in the a data center.
I have the feeling some here think all this will come free for a $10 subscription and no additional cost. Guess again...those $60 per game need to come from somewhere... also, for games to really work you need dedicated instances per gamer. Even if they just play a game for 5 minutes. You need to have the HW available instantly. That's significantly more grunt than say stream 100 (or so) video streams from the same node at the same time (or something). And then you probably cover 10% of the market.
As long as the games run on dedicated HW (and don't offload loads of stuff to the "cloud") all those are, are just "remote consoles". All one needs is a warehouse close enough to a fat fiber pipe and you are good to go. Doesn't matter if that is owned by google or not. Google and MS pay for real estate like anyone else - no matter if they own the place or just rent it.

[rainslacker]

@Ju

In theory, blade servers could be networked in a way where unused processing time can be distributed to other systems. Not every game is going to use all the power all the time. That'd be highly inefficient to actually have a single blade server for any given potential concurrent player count. I think the Blade servers are not quite what some people assume. Same with the one's on PSNow. They will have multiple processors running in tandem, and each processor will be more powerful than the allotted 10TB.

They're still expensive, but distributed computing is nothing new. It's how Cloud already works, and while I don't have spec details on any of these services, it's the most reasonable assumption to make. It's also the most versatile and upgradable solution for expansion, as they wouldn't have to replace all the servers when more power becomes necessary.

The above solution is the only way that these services would be viable that I can think of. The cost of a blade server, even a basic one, would require quite a lot of users per unit on the subscriber base to make a return. Like a few hundred or more assuming a $20/month fee, or them just taking a cut of individual sales....not to mention the bandwidth costs involved if Google is talking about 25-30Mb/s data throughput. They'll also have other costs associated with the service, and assuming a sub model, the cost to license all those games, or potentially developing their own if they're going that route.

[uth11]

they can scale up as needed or rent from a public cloud. They've had a decade to work it out. The main reason it ian't bigger is the demand for streaming just isn't there

[rainslacker]

You'd think so. PSNow has been out for what....6 years? Has the bulk of the game streaming market.

I'd say Google is about as prepared as they can be, but Sony hasn't been sitting around doing nothing all these years despite what people think.

[Starman69]

Google will be begging sony for a PlayStation App on their machine, not the other way round. Luckily they have a good relationship with one another.

[Alek83]

Exactly! Playstation is an established brand, Stadia is not.
I did a stress test weekend for Stadia and it was not great.

Even discarding the random crashing, the input lag was not pleasant to deal with.
Maybe once everyone has gigabit internet.

[opc]

I think the issue is that PSNow requires at the very least a PS controller and the PSNow client. On the other hand Google simply requires Chrome and a google account, something billions of people already have.

[subtenko]

google has better servers I think but its PS with the exclusives

[fundy]

With you on that one. Google is entering an arena dominated by consoles like PS4. They are the ones that need to equip themselves with everything they got. Not too worried here.

[Jin_Sakai]

They’re the only one of the big companies that’s had a game streaming service of scale up and running for years. I’m sure they’re also improving the service behind closed doors as we speak. On top of that they own all the patents from Gaikai and OnLive for game streaming.

Sony also have the advantage of putting their world class exclusives on PS Now if they choose which would be a huge incentive for the service.

PS Now is fine.

https://www.notebookcheck.n...

[IRetrouk]

Another thing I noticed, playstation has had a streaming service since ps3, never was it seen as revolutionary or the next step in gaming, infact certain fans of a certain console actively downplayed streaming games and ps now any chance they got, soon as Google and micro want in it's a different story, while I dont like streaming games myself I do find the latest 180 funny.

[battlegrog]

buying up a small cloud company and not having the infrastructure nore the service that can properly provide what will make it works is not a 180.Theres a reason why sony raced that little company to the market. Theres a reason why its not main stream. they dont have the structure behind it

[IRetrouk]

Its bigger than gamepass, and all 3 of eas services, how has it not got the infrastructure behind it? it was 2 companys they bought by the way, not one, the point is it worked on ps3 and works on ps4, it was never seen as the next big thing till now, and was actively talked down, so yeah defo 180. Microsoft nore Google will solve the input lag, it will always be there, that's what I dont like about streaming and why I dont subscribe, but trying to say that the company that already has the working product, since 2014 I may add, is the one that needs to compete with the company that hasn't is crazy talk, ms has all the money in the world, did that stop playstation from being dominant?

[ILostMyMind]

Like VR. Wait for Microsoft to decide to do so.

[NarutoFox]

If you show this link to that certain group they'll deny it 😂

https://www.notebookcheck.n...

[Godmars290]

EA has three separate streaming services?

[IRetrouk]

Yeah this likes to be ignored, especially lately🤣

[T2X]

Never understood fools not accepting facts. The reason Sony never truly went all in on streaming is because there is no need to. I like having the option, but I also like having my console in my house.

[rainslacker]

More than just EA. Although they're the only publisher oriented one I know about. There are quite a few of these services around the world....and I have a feeling many people around here are blissfully unaware of it. Heck, I had ATT cable for a while, and they have a game streaming service. This was about 7-8 years ago. I believe Time Warner does too. From what I can tell, they kind of suck, and have limited content, but they're there. There's also that one that serves hotels whose name I don't know. So on and so forth.

Not sure why people think this is really something revolutionary, or what Google and MS are doing are going to be any better than the rest. They may be more successful since they'll market it left and right, but marketing doesn't always pay off. Google will leverage YouTube and instant access to games from those streamers, and the streamers will promote it because it'll likely make them money. MS really has no such advantage other than Windows, but if they push it like they push XBL or the Windows Store on Win10 right now, I don't expect they'll get much from that, because they don't make it intrusive like they used to do with similar companion products.

[CaptainCook]

"Sony also have the advantage of putting their world class exclusives on PS Now if they choose which would be a huge incentive for the service."

Can you play new triple A games on PS Now like Assassin Creed? Nope.. You'll have to wait 5 years for Sony to add games that's limited to 720p via streaming, while Google offers 1080p to 4k streaming.

[IRetrouk]

At the minute Google offers nothing but words, same as ms, Sony has it working right now...

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

lol..that is just a business decision. Sony does not now because they dont need to. SEE GOW, Spiderman sales....Once the market dictates they want it sony will do it..Thats the diff between MS, and google and sony..Sony is smart enough to not try and push this on consumers until it is feasible globally...

There is a bog world outside your little american bubble.

[uth11]

They could easily develop exclusives for PS Now. They don't do it now because there's no competative advantage to do so.

I'm sure we will see them up the resolution as well

[rainslacker]

Until you know the price of playing world class AAA games day on on the service, I don't know if it's worth bragging about. If they charge full price day one, then what's the point? It's unlikely to be part of a sub service, because Google isn't going to spend all that money to get all those exclusives day one, or even real early.

[krauley]

Do blockbuster movies come out straight to the streamers like netflix, hbo and the like before they show up at the theaters? Nope... youll have to wait until they make the rounds at the theaters to make the money then they go to the streamers. Kind of makes sense to do it that way doesnt it captain, just like sonys blockbuster games.

[Ju]

I would think the business model is there to protect the HW platform. But I can imagine, that will shift quite a bit; especially since Sony makes most of its money from network services lately, anyway. They might just build that PS5 not only as a console but also to stuff it into their data-centers. It's not a technical limitation. They could allow you to play PSN games - the ones you pay full price for - to become available through PSNow. That's even the perfect time right now when the PS4 hw market flattens and it won't cannibalize console sales much any more. I would be OK with that - well, I would prefer to roll PSNow subscription into PS+ then, but this is all business and has nothing to do with tech. They have every single game on PSN today, at launch. So storage isn't the issue.

[fragock]

that headline is an Early April fools joke

[CaptainCook]

No, PlayStation Now is currently limited to 720p, while it still needs a high Download Speed.

[Vasto]

Not only is it 720p but it has a lot of old games that are mostly PS3, bad image quality and horrible input lag. Thats why nobody uses it.

What Google showed is already better than PS Now. Microsoft's will be even better.

[IRetrouk]

Sony has the only one working, Google's had what? One test? Micro is gonna be better? How? It used a fake forza vid to promote what they are trying to sell, and after the way ms pr has been, who's actually believing what they are saying?? Crazy xbox fans man😂😂

[bluefox755]

Sure, but those PS3 games are by and large better than anything being offered by Google or MS. Even if you just compare the streaming services and ignore the rest of the console, Sony has a far superior software library.

[Vasto]

Oh, and I forgot PS Now is $19.99 a month!

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[IRetrouk]

I know, good value for what they offer isn't it, while I dont subscribe myself my wife's does, she absolutely loves playing all those older games she missed out on, for the record I dont like streaming, i play mostly racing and fighting games with RPGs thrown in for good measure, the input lag is too noticable with those types of games.

[Razzer]

"but it has a lot of old games that are mostly PS3"

Vasto suddenly doesn't see the value in "old games". LOL

[ShadowWolf712]

Nobody uses the service that's responsible for 52% of game streaming revenue?

[Jin_Sakai]

@Vasto

“Not only is it 720p but it has a lot of old games that are mostly PS3, bad image quality and horrible input lag. Thats why nobody uses it.”

“What Google showed is already better than PS Now. Microsoft's will be even better.“

No one will solve the latency problem. There’s also video compression and macroblocking. Streaming will always perform worse than a local experience.

In the end PlayStation fans will continue to enjoy the best exclusives in the industry on a physical console while also having PS Now as an option.

[Ju]

I still want to see proof that those games are 720p. And even if they were, I can't see it...everytime I hear this I go back and check. Maybe I need my eyes checked then. What did google show, what PSNow can't do? Switching from one device to the next? Sony had clients for all kind of devices and scrapped those - who knows maybe it'll be back. All they showed were words and some 30fps 1080p game. What else? Nothing really worked at that show. All talk. And all MS is trying to do has been tried before. Well, but hey, sure, Kinect is not eyetoy, either. Now they want to force console developers to add extra effort into their games to makes sure those games work on mobile devices. LOL. That has been done before and failed miserably. There is a reason there is a console market - one target spec. Not 100.000 screen sizes and controller schemes. I mean, if that would be so easy, we would have seen ton of games on mobile platforms already. That's just stupid to believe now that MS is promising the world, all of a sudden this will work. And, frankly, google rookie has no idea. We've already been there. Philly boy must have forgotten that.

[NarutoFox]

Vasto

At least they got a bigger library of games 😁 .

Microsoft will be better? Here we go again. I've heard this before lmao

[Razzer]

PlayStation is more than just PlayStation Now.

[ginsunuva]

Most PS3 games output at 720p anyway so that's why

[italiangamer]

Is Google ready to compete against Sony's Playstation?

How naive (or dumb) can people be thinking Sony isn't doing nothing to improve PS Now and the whole PlayStation ecosystem?

[anonymousfan]

Yup spot on. I am personally not ready for streaming myself but I suspect tomorrow's "state of play" presentation might have to do with those improvements. Especially with the timing... Stradia, xcloud being on everyone's headline.

[Cueil]

It's not that Sony can not compete its that MS and Google have a massive advantage that Sony simply can not make up for. It's the reason NVIDIAs service needs to partner up with others to compete.

[ShadowWolf712]

...what?

[Cueil]

Sony doesn't have massive infrastructure they own all over the planet.

[wolokowoh]

Actually Sony has a digital distribution network all over the planet just like Microsoft does and Google does. If your point is that Sony's isn't as big, that's perfectly fair, but Sony does already have infrastructure in place and the capital to expand that infrastructure, especially through contracts with other could based companies. Considering Stadia has some requirements that will be a barrier to entry, Sony will be fine making its dollars off the niche, while they are getting ready and cloud is still catching on. They have time before they even have to compete

[Ju]

Another multi billion $ company already tried...and didn't work. Next!

[Vasto]

No its not and Google knows this.

[AngainorG7X]

Not a chance

[bluefox755]

Lol, I think the question is backwards. Sony has dominated the console market for decades.

[sampsonon]

omg! they aren't in direct competition.
Sony makes AAA single player games and Google doesn't.

streaming for Sony is secondary.

now MS? That's a another story.

[trooper_]

Took the gaming world by storm?

Oh give me a freaking break.

[uth11]

took the gaming media by storm more like

[derek]

Yeah without actually releasing a, you know, actual functioning product to the public. Man Google and Microsoft sure are winning the fancy press events battle this generation.

[rainslacker]

MS takes the press by storm with a lot of announcements, and they get a lot of coverage, and a lot of attention on said coverage.

Still hasn't helped them catch up to PS4, and still hasn't done much to change people's belief that they haven't done jack squat this gen of value, and while I can respect those that think they'll do better in the future if they don't ignore the current past and present, it still is just a PR game right now for MS as they try to keep themselves relevant for the next gen.

Point is....PR and press don't mean much for sales, if one's goal isn't to sell people something. MS press right now is for the future. Their belief that they can change how people feel about them. Same thing they did with MS in general a while back, where they said they recognized what people thought of them, which was as a shady company not worth respecting, and they said they wanted to change that perception. Of course, they made no mention of actually changing, just wanting to change the perception. But, that kind of thing is outside gaming, so most people don't really recognize that how MS handles Xbox, is pretty much the same way they handle Windows.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

All this concern trolling from the media...Stadia and Xbox are not going make a dent World wide..The US press is so ignorant on the console market globally. No one in Europe is going to leave the PS ecosystem over stadia or Xcloud or xbox.

[rainslacker]

The gaming press cares more about stirring up hits, and what better way to do that than reporting on some new thing coming along. It's not like we get that many new things come along. Gaming itself just doesn't have enough actual news to sustain a 24/7 news media....which is why we get so much filler. But, such things work to get their clicks, and that's what they want. Researching or making logical conclusions is a lot of work, when hyperbole works just as well, because no one is really going to remember what these sites report on, or who said what. The gaming press isn't worried about being held accountable, because they never are. Even when they're caught doing wrong, they get off without a hitch, and the gamers end up getting blamed and ostracized.

[Godmars290]

Is Stadia going to be a functional service day-one?

Cause its not a server based service has had teething time.

[shinoff2183]

It should say is it ready to compete against sony. Sony has been number one since ps1. Thats a fact.

[XtaZ]

You're not supposed to add "Thats a fact" at the end of a false statement.

[Gamingsince1981]

Probably the reason why shinoff said "thats a fact" after a easily proven fact....

[Cueil]

It's as if the Wii didn't exist

[XtaZ]

@Gamingsince1981

Alright, please show me all the "easily proven facts" of how the PS3 outsold Wii, how PSP outsold DS and how Vita outsold 3DS. I'm waiting.

[shinoff2183]

@Cueil the wii was hot trash that sold because of way to casual audience. Also im talking consoles so no reason to add in 3ds.

[ziratul]

Google is a big player with unlimited money AND THE BEST infrastructure in the world. I bet M$ and Sony are sweating.

[uth11]

MS is a big player with unlimited pockets too, but that hasn't given them dominence over Sony

[kneon]

And we see how much that helped them with Google+.

[proudly_X]

And we see how Google won the smartphone war with Motorola Acquisition. They were supposed to destroy Samsung and iPhone.

[Cueil]

Lol Google sold Motorola to Lenovo

[rainslacker]

Google won smart phones against Apple the same way MS won PC over Apple. They kept it open, and available to anyone who wanted to use it. Apple is very successful, but they have this thing where they want to control the hardware and the software, because of some misbegotten belief that people actually care about consistency between products when it comes to the OS that gives them access to their programs they actually care about.

[rainslacker]

And yet, they have no presence in gaming. Money helps. People respecting your company helps. Having a good product helps. Having a product many people actually want where you can do better than the competition so you can rule the market helps.

Putting it all together is the hard part, and Google has had some grand ideas in the past....even good ones...that ended up failing and going nowhere.

[feenix-5]

Yeah you kinda have that backwards, even then google is waaaaaaaaay out of their league.

[Wolffenblitz]

I'm not even interested in Stadia and I'm not going to go and buy a new console purely for streaming games.

[Cueil]

Not paying attention are you? All you need is YouTube to use it

[starchild]

Considering Sony will have both physical hardware and streaming, as well as a very strong lineup of exclusive games, they'll do more than fine against Google's Stadia.

[Platformgamer]

what competion?

[PhoenixUp]

Since when did Stadia stop being the underdog and start setting the parameters that other longtime industry veterans are measured against

[uth11]

it's the gaming press. They did this with Apple too a year or two back. The new Apple TV device was going to be a console killer and Apple was going to dominate games. when the device was finally unveiled, it was clear that Apple had no such designs on gaming and it was all hype generated by the media

[ShadowWolf712]

Since it's Google and they kinda control a good chunk of discoverability on the web, sadly.

[Benficaman]

Is google ready to compete with playstation 5?

[SegaSaturn669]

Is Playstation ready to stomp the Stadia into Google Plus.

[Chaos-Dad]

Not with 720p streaming... (PS:Now)

[AK91]

Um yeah.

[THC CELL]

Onlive: In acquiring the company, Sony will have access to some 140 patents, which Sony is expected to make use of in its PlayStation Now streaming service, instead of continuing OnLive as an arm of Sony's ever-growing games platform.

[ECHOINFINITY]

I think Sony will stay on top, as they have since the PS1 released.

[solidsnake222]

Is PlayStation, a console family that has been around since 1994, ready to compete against a company that just announced they were joining the market a week ago?

Uh, I'm gonna go with yes...

[rainslacker]

It's like asking if MS is ready to compete against SteamOS. It defies logic. Sony isn't the one that needs to prove themselves to the consumer right now. Google hasn't even expressed its intention to directly compete with the console market. They know that right now, we gamers are the ones they can use to perpetuate this hype for the service, because we're probably the only ones that will talk about it, and the average person will only gradually become aware, try it, or come to care. Google is using the media, which they will happily behave like they're clueless for their own prosperity, and in turn, using us to hype up it's new service. But even among those that dislike Sony, most are still skeptical about streaming services....same way most PS players weren't really all that fussed about PSNow, although saw potential. Same way most Xbox fans aren't fussed about xCloud, although they see potential. Sure, there are fan boys which will promote anything, but it's not like the vast majority of us in the community, here or elsewhere, are really giddy about this.

[jznrpg]

You mean is Stadia ready to compete with PlayStation?

[VR-4nic]

Lol you mean is Google ready to compete with PlayStation. I know I have no interest in the streaming box!

[Cueil]

It's YouTube bro not a streaming box

[gamer7804]

everyone is ready to compete against stadia, lol

[Xavi4K]

no, only Microsoft and Amazon can compete with Google in terms of cloud services.

[Gamingsince1981]

Microsoft 👍🤣🤣 they had to fake a demo of their xcloud to make it seem good and they couldn't even do that right, then they make crackdown 3 cloud based and it's not as good destruction wise as games from the ps3 gen......yeah Sony must be worried about that power MS has 🙄 Sony the only company with a proven to work streaming service.....

Or was your comment sarcasm because if it wasnt you are clueless.

[Xavi4K]

its clear that you are clueless my dear friend...first of the video they showed was proven legit by DF if you have more knowledge than DF then you shouldn't be here wasting your time by replying to my comment. having one game like crackdown trying to implement something with the cloud is totally different than computing and streaming the game to the client end which means the final result will differ...anyway we will see what Microsoft have to show during E3...or...E3 is irrelevant this year right? lol

[Elda]

Next.

[Tross]

I feel like we should reverse the two. Playstation has already established their foothold in the videogame industry, and Google is a newcomer. That they're going the all-streaming route isn't the whole picture. They're still releasing a videogame system that needs to compete with other videogame systems on the market, and it's up to the consumer to decide if their gimmick sells. It doesn't sound like they're investing heavily in exclusives, so they have an uphill battle to put it nicely.

[Retroman]

They got it backwards. it should be " is Google ready to compete with Sony PlayStation"
PlayStation is the Powerhouse here.
Xbox tried failed , Google stadia will ONLY be in 4th place.

[windblowsagain]

I'm not paying to play a video:)

I like my hardware and software where I can see it.

[tinchotin]

When PS5 comes out 2020 or 2021 PSNow is going to offer ps1, ps2, ps3, ps4 games and maybe 2 years old AAA PS5 exclusives, also download option for no lag gameplay. If the future is streaming and leaves traditional consoles in the past, sony can offer exclusives on day 1.

PSnow has been working for years, what advantage does google have? World wide infrastructure?

Do they expect Sony to sleep and just let everyone else surpass them?

[Soulrakk]

Sony will need a company like Amazon to compete. Just because they already have a streaming service doesn't mean it'll compete on that level. Microsoft & Google own farms all over the world. Sony has Gakai. We'll see what happens, but to say Sony isn't at a disadvantage when it comes to this is kinda fooling themselves based on information we currently have. So again, we'll see. Maybe State of Play will touch on it.

[Al_Simmons]

I hope not. I hope this upcoming video game streaming services FLOPS like it has many times in the past. This is getting extremely annoying.

[DrumBeat]

Unless Google can match Sony's first party stable, nothing about Stadia matters.

[Razzer]

Apparently, that is Jade Raymond's job. lol

[DrumBeat]

Maybe her good looks will entice people into buying a Stadia.

[Germaximus]

I think you have it backwards.

[Rhythmattic]

Elgoog.... Its a winner.

[StormSnooper]

Google didn’t take anything by storm. Stupid articles.

[Rhythmattic]

Storm in a teacup.

[Orionsangel]

Will see who has the best lag.

[_LarZen_]

By the look of things. Absolutely not. PlayStation Now device support is limited and it's basically streaming via old PlayStation hardware. Compared to Stadia where the hardware will be adjusted for what developers need and want. But even without adjustments it's much more powerful then even the XboxOneX with over 10Tflops delivering up to 4K HDR 60fps via streaming.

It's in a completely different league. And when you add on top of that YouTube and how everyone will be able to start up and try/play games in just a matter of seconds...well it's not hard to see why Stadia wont have to worry about PlayStation Now by the look of things.

[ILostMyMind]

With what Google promised? Definitely not. Is Google ready to compete against PS Now now? Neither

[Cueil]

Let's also think... How many hmb2 stacks can amd make and can it be ramped up fast enough to even compete in the long term?

[ILostMyMind]

Xbot fanboys are pushing hard at this, as they've been begging for crossplay with PSN users.

[AllThingsShining]

What has the author done to the English language!? MY EYES!

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Is Stadia ready to compete against Sony's World wide dominance?

[Father Murder X]

They don't need to be. Stadia will not be successful.

[BlackShark001]

Wherever, high-end Internet is available, streaming is a good additional gaming platform. If the costs are reasonable, I personally use their services. Stadia may not be direct competition, but it's definitely going to play a huge part in steering the industry in a different direction

[S2Killinit]

Lol Love it, google trying to act like its PlayStation that might not be ready to compete. Google just got here, and already acting like they own the place.

[Cobra951]

The Stadia doesn't compete with the PlayStation. Different markets. Next question.

[yomfweeee]

I don't think Google took the world by storm. Revolutionary? It is the same thing as Playstation Now, but on more devices. Unlimited money doesn't guarantee anything. Google has like 9 failed ventures for every successful one. Unlimited resources hasn't stopped Microsoft from crapping out this gen.

[Imortus_san]

They have the games, the problem is the service sucks in streming quality, and is full of very old games, nothing major that can compete with new games.

[Rhythmattic]

Lets just forget about exclusives.. shall we?

[Hunane1]

Because PSNow is awful? Sony doesn't have the infrastructure, money or expertise to compete hence why they should and need to stick with the traditional console model.

[kayoss]

Why would Playstation try to compete against Google. If anything the question should be, "How will Google compete with the big three; Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo?"
Google needs to prove themselves, If anything, Google need to prove that they are better than the Souja Boy's Console brand. LOL

[PurpHerbison]

Imagine if they stopped working on silly stuff like this and focused on cool stuff like making more hit games.

[battlegrog]

Hopefuly all the brands have a full model by ends year. And not just a collection of randon games. I want all ghe brands in the cloud

[Donnie81]

How about they compete by making great games running on solid hardware. I know they have to adapt but if it isn’t broke don’t fix it. The ps4 is still selling well don’t worry about google worry about what you do good. Of course keep improving ps now but I don’t see the need to panic at all

[DaniMacYo]

Haha ohh ohh haha sh*t stop it, it hurts too much to laugh 😂 🤣 clears throat, OF COURSE IT CAN ADOY! 🤪

[rob-GP]

does Sony need to compete? Their service has games which you won't ever get on any other service, due to the games being PlayStation exclusives. I don't see why this has to spark up another 'war' where it has to be in competition with someone offering a similar thing.

[Dragonopolis]

Google says platform agnostic..... Meaning any platform can take advantage that can run chrome/chromium..... PS4's browser does run on Webkit which Google chrome is forked from and we know that chrome/chromium can run in Linux and other Unix based operating systems...... so technically PS4 and XBOX could offer the service as well...... however.....

More and likely will be blocked by Sony because of PS NOW is a competing service, however I'm wondering since Microsoft switched Edge to Chromium if Microsoft would offering it as well...... Two Big guys gaining up on the other BIg guy (Sony) could potentially benefit both Google and Microsoft since MS doesn't really have a online game service in place and Google could use the game exposure.... would not be surprised if Microsoft license an Xbox version that is compatible with Stadia giving Xbox a competing feature to PS Now.... Hmmmm anything is possible

But if Google will be true to its word about Platform agnostic.... Sony could provide a browser for PS4 and beyond that is Chrome based that is compatible with Stadia....... so if pressured Sony may be able to provide the same service on their consoles.

OF course,as with Cross Play where it could be possible but Companies like Sony could hold out, whether the Big Corporate giants are willing is an entirely different subject all together.

Time will tell .........

In another note I could see Nintendo grabbing on to this concept and exploring a possibility of Joining forces. Nintendo has virtually no real Net structure in place and they love making low end machines they can make money on. Google did all the work so hardly any real cost on the back end for Nintendo and Google would extremely benefit from Nintendo's brand and games. Of course that would mean porting Nintendo games over to Stadia would be very interesting to see if Nintendo could make money on a custom device for Stadia (since Nintendo loves hardware) I wonder if they would have to make a whole new device or if Nintendo Switch is powerful/compatible enough to run a chrome based browser.......

I could see it working...... lol....... but just food for thought.... not trying to create rumors or anything.

[mastershredder]

Ah, the things that get gamers underwear in a twist. This tread is amazing.

[Brash]

Is Google Stadia ready to compete against PlayStation?

[howiewowwee]

do they have a choice?

[Scatpants]

PSNOW is 60 bucks a year right now on Amazon. At 5 bucks a month it's super worth it. It worked fine for me even on a medium speed internet connection.