Google releasing Game console

[Amiga Forever]

• Custom 2.7GHz hyper-threaded x86 CPU with AVX2 SIMD and 9.5MB L2+L3 cache
• Custom AMD GPU with HBM2 memory and 56 compute units, capable of 10.7 teraflops(more than PS 4 PRO + XBOX ONE X together!)
• 16GB of RAM with up to 484GB/s of performance
• SSD cloud storage

Games?

Doom Eternal confirmed and more to follows

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Yep it is High Spec Game console and I wonder how long going to last!?

 

[Aeberbach]

Google Console, eh? Predictions:

It will be capable of ridiculous graphics but that’s all the games will have - not much actual gameplay...
You will be able to “buy” a game online but the need to buy the DLC, the loot boxes, the win items...
You won’t be able to play right after buying a game there will be a 40GB “patch” to download first...
Google will track your every action and push ads at you mercilessly...
Cloud will require your google sign in to work at all and acceptance of some very creepy terms...
They will call it a beta for three years then mysteriously announce that it is cancelled, all the servers will be turned off in 3 months and nothing will work any more.

(I’m not a huge fan of modern games)

 

[Amiga Forever]

Google Game console Spec? I think they seem put foot down on Sony and Mircosoft with their High End Game console spec and so it going be interesting what their game console Spec is.

 

[Trapshot]

If you mean Google Stadia, it’s not a console, it’s a game streaming service. The specifications are just the cloud-hosted specs they are allocating to running the compute power for the gaming platform. The end device is meant to be (in theory) anything that can run Google Chrome browser.

 

[moggsie]

While it might be fairly successful I have my doubts about whether cloud based gaming will ever replace actual hardware at home. It's almost like the modern take on the 3DO concept - standardised gaming: Play all your favourite games on any machine running Google Chrome.

We'll see how it goes but I suspect we have another OnLive on the horizon. Remember them? Me neither.

 

[oobumblebeeoo]

What @Trapshot said ^^ no need for any hardware and they ran the biggest games on the lowest end PC they could buy.
If they pull it off it could revolutionise the industry.
My only concern is input lag, what is it? It matters...

 

[xubidoo]

according to "rumour" the next xbox machine is meant to be around 10-12 mflops so its about normal for the next gen anyway,im guessing the ps5 will be somewhere in the same ballpark.

 

[Retro-Protect]

I'll stick with Playstation thanks.