Dodgyknees Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 On 18/11/2019 at 21:34, limpid said: Launch day tomorrow. Did you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 21, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 21, 2019 3 hours ago, avfcDJ said: Did you get it? Not yet. I didn't go for the founders edition. Mine's due on Monday/Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, limpid said: Not yet. I didn't go for the founders edition. Mine's due on Monday/Tuesday. Fair enough. Definitely interested in your view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) On 11/10/2019 at 14:33, villarule123 said: I would never pay money to stream a game (singular) in the same way I've never paid a service like Google Play Movies to watch a movie. Only a Netflix model will work with this. I think it will work fine for plenty of people. I have an xbox one x & ps4 pro but my pc can't run anything that looks that sort of standard. If there were some pc only games I wanted to play I could just subscribe to this for a month or two, buy the game I wanted & play in 4k straight on my TV with no need for a pc at all. If you don't already have a console as an alternative or don't fancy spending £500 on next years xbox/ps5 but still want to play some of the latest games it would be a much cheaper option than spending a grand + on a pc that you would need to update every couple of years anyway. If you are just playing mostly single player games any occasional latency/lag caused by streaming isn't really anything other than a minor annoyance. Games streamed straight to your tv with the only thing you need being a controller is the future. Nobody will be making/buying physical consoles after this next cycle. I have been part of the xcloud preview and it works well. Once it is fully up and running and everything just works directly to the tv with all the gamepass games available I would have no need for a console & would happily do without one Edited November 21, 2019 by LakotaDakota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 So the 4k60fps is upacaled blurry garbage. Not brilliant first impressions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 21, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 21, 2019 14 minutes ago, Davkaus said: So the 4k60fps is upacaled blurry garbage. Not brilliant first impressions! Do you have footage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 How will games work? Is it a case of developers having to take into account different hardware or will ever PC game be released? I don’t see getting developers to agree to put their games on the platform as a problem with Google’s pull. I’ve been thinking about getting back into gaming after about 10 years and find this very interesting. My only big concern is internet performance. I can get relatively fast top speeds where I am in London but every provider I’ve used has had massive problems with connections cutting and at peak times it slows massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 22, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 22, 2019 18 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said: My only big concern is internet performance. I can get relatively fast top speeds where I am in London but every provider I’ve used has had massive problems with connections cutting and at peak times it slows massively. Change broadband provider if your broadband is crap. Often "crap broadband" is down to crap hardware. When did you last update your router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, limpid said: Change broadband provider if your broadband is crap. Often "crap broadband" is down to crap hardware. When did you last update your router? I'm in a shared house at the moment so not sure on details, but in my current postcode on the border of zones 2 and 3 in London I've had EE, Vodafone and Virgin and all have been dodgy. I did look at changing the router at my last place and never ended up doing it because I assumed the massive block of flats next to me might have had something to do with the unreliability. Is this actually a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 22, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 22, 2019 32 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: I'm in a shared house at the moment so not sure on details, but in my current postcode on the border of zones 2 and 3 in London I've had EE, Vodafone and Virgin and all have been dodgy. I did look at changing the router at my last place and never ended up doing it because I assumed the massive block of flats next to me might have had something to do with the unreliability. Is this actually a thing? Google recommend that you don't use Stadia when other people are using your internet, so it might not be good for you. I guess it'll depend on whether you want 4k or are happy with lower resolution. By updating your router, I went applying the latest software to it. Few people ever do this. I'm not sure what you mean by "connections cutting" - do you man certain apps stop? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 2 hours ago, limpid said: By updating your router, I went applying the latest software to it. Few people ever do this. I'm not sure what you mean by "connections cutting" - do you man certain apps stop? Basically when it’s running fine and quick and then disconnects for a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 22, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said: Basically when it’s running fine and quick and then disconnects for a few minutes. That's definitely a fault somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 26, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 26, 2019 On 21/11/2019 at 18:56, limpid said: Not yet. I didn't go for the founders edition. Mine's due on Monday/Tuesday. I got my activation code while at the match tonight. Hardware due tomorrow. Just got to find time to play the thing now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 26, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 26, 2019 Setup was ridiculously easy. All registered and waiting for me to find some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, limpid said: Setup was ridiculously easy. All registered and waiting for me to find some time. Looking forward to your thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 26, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 26, 2019 Just now, avfcDJ said: Looking forward to your thoughts Unfortunately it might be a while 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted December 14, 2019 Administrator Share Posted December 14, 2019 Finally had time to play a bit this week. Played a few hours of Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The whole system just works. It sometimes whinges about my 15Mb broadband when something else starts doing something, but setting it to the priority device on my router fixes that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 don't know all the details but looks like its free for 2 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Stadia is absolute garbage. The value proposition is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted April 9, 2020 Administrator Share Posted April 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Stadia is absolute garbage. The value proposition is terrible. In what way? It seems a perfect fit for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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