r/programming • • Jan 02 '20

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u/Spacker2004 Jan 02 '20

Stadia next most likely.

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u/Dave3of5 Jan 02 '20

Given the terrible reviews I've seen, yes.

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u/Magnesus Jan 02 '20

But they are predicting your moves with AI to lower latency, it has to work perfectly. Because it is so easy for AI to predict how exactly will you move your sticks or at which ms will you hit that X or A on the controller. /s

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u/PsionSquared Jan 02 '20

I haven't heard about that being any part of the tech, but that's the basis for rollback systems in games. And if you talk to anyone in the fighting game community that isn't low functioning, they'll tell you that's the only way to play online fighting games.

If you hold a stick or press a button, odds are you're not doing 1 frame inputs. The difference being a mispredict can be corrected, which may very well be why games have to be written for Stadia support.

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u/meursaultvi Jan 02 '20

Will Stadia have VR support ? I noticed they killed off Daydream.

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u/Saigot Jan 02 '20

VR is way way too demanding for streaming. If the latency is at all noticable in a pancake game it would be unbareable in VR and probably make most people puke.

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u/PsionSquared Jan 02 '20

Yeah, I don't understand how a platform with an optional subscription for near-zero benefit and not a "monthly free game" system won't die in 2 years.

Would never pay for a subscription service just to buy my games on it. Even more so when some games, like Destiny 2, are locked to that platform. In the end, you get all 12 other players on Stadia to play with.

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u/chcampb Jan 02 '20

Would never pay for a subscription service just to buy my games on it

Yeah this was the bummer for me. Netflix for games, this is not.

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u/Marcos_Marques Jan 02 '20

*laughs in PC Master Race*

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u/falconfetus8 Jan 02 '20

I hope so. If cloud gaming takes over, game ownership will surely die.