Photo: APGoogle has unveiled a video-game streaming platform called Stadia, positioning itself to take on the traditional video-game business. Some industry watchers were expecting a streaming console, but Google's platform centres squarely on the company's cloud infrastructure. Video-game streaming typically requires a strong connection and more computing power than simply streaming video, since there is real-time interaction between player and game. "What they've done with Stadia is to connect and unify both the gaming platform and the streaming platform which obviously is new." To that end, Google launched Stadia Games and Entertainment which will develop Stadia-exclusive games.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 19, 2019 21:33 UTC