Unfair fight
Why Google Stadia doesn't stand a chance against Microsoft's Project xCloud
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Google Stadia is now available, and reviews have been mixed. Google has far bigger problems if it wants to compete with Project xCloud, though.
Google Stadia
Rough Start
Early tests call Google Stadia's quality into question, and that's a shame
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Google Stadia is a cloud game streaming service that promises the best visuals given its power advantage over the competition. When the service was first revealed, the company said that it featured 10.7 teraflops (tflops) of computational power compared to 6 tflops for the Xbox One X and 4.2 tflops for the PlayStation 4 Pro. Naturally, gamers assumed that this would mean that every game...
1080p and 1440p
Google Stadia doesn't run Destiny 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2 at 4K
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Google Stadia is a game streaming service that launched today. It features 22 games like Rage 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2, with a couple more promised by the end of the year. While this selection pales in comparison with Microsoft's Project xCloud, which offers 50 games already, the question a lot of gamers are asking is how does the visual quality compare to Xbox One X.
WON'T BE LOCKED DOWN FOREVER
Orcs Must Die 3 is a timed exclusive for Google Stadia
Today, Google hosted another Stadia Connect event in which is revealed a number of games coming to the service down the line. While the majority of them were multiplatform titles, Orcs Must Die 3 appeared to be a Google Stadia exclusive. However, a spokesperson for the developer reached out to us and said that it was only a timed exclusive.
Clarification time
Google: Stadia Pro isn't like Xbox Game Pass, lacks achievements at launch
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Google Stadia is an upcoming game streaming service that requires separate game purchases. There's a free "Stadia Base" membership coming in 2020, but in 2019, only "Stadia Pro" will be available. The company said that Stadia Pro should be compared to Xbox Live Gold instead of Xbox Game Pass.
DON'T THINK SO
Google Stadia head Phil Harrison believes ISPs will lift data caps
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Stadia chief Phil Harrison says that ISPs will raise data caps for game streaming services in the future.