Major game publishers are interested in the prospects of the Google Stadia cloud gaming platform, but first of all they want to see Google's long-term commitment to this direction. Google CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement during an investor and shareholder Q&A session on a conference call following Alphabet's financial report.
Stephen Ju of financial services company Credit Suisse asked if there had been any rejections from game publishers. Mr. Pichai said that there were no such refusals, but nevertheless noted that publishers are showing some caution. “They want to see our commitment to the project - and we demonstrate it, we are doing our best to attract investment from large gaming companies,” he stressed. “So now there is a lot of effort on both sides, and this link is working well.”
Speaking about the reaction of companies from the gaming industry to the very idea of a streaming distribution service with billions of (potentially) end players on any type of device, the head emphasized that Google was meeting with great enthusiasm from partners.
"We're seeing a lot of interest and enthusiasm, I think they see Stadia as a huge opportunity, a tipping point, but at the same time they're aware of the technical issues involved," he said. “However, as soon as they get acquainted with the technology in practice and the real environment, the platform completely captivates them. And so we are negotiating in all areas. I think that we have been able to attract serious and long-term attention from industry participants who are already investing in our platform. So it's up to us now to put it all together and launch a player-friendly service later this year."
Stadia at the GDC in March and offers games up to 4K at 60fps streamed to a variety of devices including smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops and even TVs via Chromecast. For the server side AMD platform based on a special version of Vega graphics, and to minimize latency, Google created its own game controller that connects directly to the cloud. Developers can use multiple accelerators to achieve impressive effects and overcome the limitations of a single GPU - this was shown in a special .
Among the announced games, only two have been named so far - и , although the Unity engine early Stadia support. At first, however, the potential of the platform - only exclusives will be able to do this, which, as reported, is already preparing a new gaming division of Google - Stadia Games and Entertainment.
Google is about to offer a number of unique features in its cloud gaming service, including smart . search giant , which has the most advanced data centers, and there are a lot of publishers interested in Stadia. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz during the GDC, Google Stadia VP Phil Harrison said that this is the beginning of the industry's inevitable and final move away from dedicated game consoles. And later he that 30-35 Mbps will be enough to stream games in 4K.
However, this is not the first game streaming service promising a revolution. Whether Google will be able to reverse the fate of this direction and bring another platform from a niche to the mass market, we will see after the launch of Stadia.
Source: 3dnews.ru