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The big advantage AMD has that no one really talks about is their ability to do client virtualization at the hardware level, not software.
Absolutely pointless. without client and server side input prediction you get huge input lag - way above tolerable ranges. with input prediction you get annoyed players that their character doesn't do what they want. Plus with multiplayer games you get extra lag on top of that. And lets not forget about local input lag. Transfer speed requirements are sky-high. Also - can i just own something? i don't want to perpetu…
So you'll see a visual glitch as the world jumps to "what should have been", but that's a lot better than you missing your shot / jump / whatever due to latency.
The fact that their controller is wifi and not connected to the computer gives a hint that Google is not doing this. Since the controller is independently connected, it can have a different latency than the computer.
1. Google doesn't have gaming in their corporate DNA. They will commit a bunch of faux pas that will alienate the gaming community.
2. Streaming games adds latency. Latency problems ruin the experience.
3. Gamers are a very fickle community and if they don't feel your company 'gets' them, they will not engage with you.
"You mean it will be 100% impossible for piracy to exist?"
It's a great business idea, it's going to be terrible for consumers.
For most games, 100ms latency between action and response is simply not acceptable. Even games like Rocksmith, Guitar Hero, and Crypt of the Necrodancer will offer calibration to overcome mere 10ms delays between the controller and the AV equipment.
It's the next evolution of DRM. First you owned your games, then you owned a license to your games, now you will rent your games. It's going to happen at some point and there won't be much fighting this from AAA studios. "You mean it will be 100% impossible for piracy to exist?" In addition, if Google is smart, they'll also be building their own game engine and tooling to run along with it. Google will market this en…
I think it's fantastic for AMD. Google will have to buy so much AMD hardware, and whether they are successful or not AMD will still be flush with new cash that will allow them to become a bigger player in the chip space. Stock is going up. And if for some reason Stadia really takes off it would only go up even more, I'm talking $100+. The big advantage AMD has that no one really talks about is their ability to do cli…
[0] - https://www.amd.com/Documents/Multiuser-GPU-White-Paper.pdf
Can you put references to it?