Google Stadia Overpromised On Tech, Says Take-Two CEO

Strauss Zelnick says the promise of Stadia was an expanded market, but that it fell short of the ambition.

[0rbital71]

wouldnt use stadia even it was free

[Cyb3r]

@brrdatisback Stadia is anything but free you have to pay full price for games that are cheaper on other platforms and then you need to pay monthly fees just to play the games you already paid for. In the long term you will be paying more for the service as opposed to buying a console once and having the right to play the games you already bought for as long as you want.

[overlordror]

No shit. I don't know a single gamer who wants to play games that doesn't already own a PC/Xbox/PS4/Switch to do it on. Stadia is a step in the wrong direction for most of us who want to be able to own our games, not rent them.

[Z23ash]

Agreed I tried stadia during the free month but I wouldn’t keep subbing and buying new games. I will use xcloud when it comes out properly but only for my games I already own and probably only when I’m somewhere I can’t take my Xbox.

[Outlawzz]

Stadia should be the Netflix of games. Oh well, missed opportunity. Maybe the costs would be too much, wt do I know.

[xer0]

This mindset that they cling onto is the problem.
I don't know about you but i'm losing track of all the subscriptions i have.

Broadband monthly bill
Mobile / Cell phone sub
Netflix
Amazon Prime
PSN +
Spotify
Apple iCloud
Digital Ocean cloud servers
Git repo (non github... yet)
Asos free delivery

These are just a few.
But my point is, all these subs are too much. They add up.

[ocelot07]

There to many subscriptions in the gaming market alread ps+, ps now, xbl, gamepass, gamepass pc, gamepass ultimate, ea access, origin access, origin access premium, uplay+, stadia, geforce now.

No doubt Epic and maybe valve will get in in the subscription model.

[Outlawzz]

@xer0
Well the subscriptions you mention aren't essential. Their just options. It doesn't mean you have to have all of them just subscribe to wt you want.

Only thing I would argue for as maybe "essential" due to the connected state of the world now is cellphone and internet. Other than that it's easy to pick and choose wt you want and wt you can be fine without.

As of now, there's not really a well done Netflix of games so there's a market there and I'm all for it. I like the concept of stadia with YouTube integration and the stability of it's connection is impressive, I tried it with the free trial.

[Tapani]

I only have broadband / mobile monthly bill myself. I use Prime tactically once per quarter to order a lot of stuff we need for the next three months, and I pay for Netflix max twice a year to binge all the good stuff. Rest of the time I work, work out, read books and play backlog of games I've purchased from sales. I like my cash.

[BLUEKNIFE]

Let this abomination die

[Tross]

And it was pretty obvious to most of us that it wouldn't deliver. I do feel bad for those who were suckered into buying one though.

[Knightofelemia]

This thing is just begging to be taken out back and shot and buried with Google Glass

[RazzerRedux]

Ya think?

[SamTheGamer]

Take-Two got no chill. 😂😂😂

[Muzikguy]

Over promised? No..... I can't think of anyone else that's done that before with cloud tech

[TheColbertinator]

lololololololol

[whitbyfox]

This died as soon as the CEO of the whole thing said in it’s reveal that he wasn’t a gamer.

[WickedLester]

Google was absolutely stupid for expecting us to pay for a monthly subscription on top of havng to outright purchase the games. All for the "privilege" of streaming them as opposed to playing them natively. I cannot believe that concept ever made it past the board room. That would be like Spotify expecting subscribers to purchase the individual songs on top of the subscription.