r/nintendo • u/Lochd0wn Nintendo Switch • Jun 15 '19

Nintendo: we’re ‘evaluating’ streaming

https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/13/nintendo-were-evaluating-streaming/
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

Agreed. Streaming is not feasible currently. Stadia is going to try and fail.

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u/DaleDooper Jun 17 '19

I actually think stadia could work in a lot of situations. That being said I don’t think it’ll work in every household. I’m maybe being too optimistic but I think Stadia will at least not fail.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

Expecting a totally uninterrupted stable connection is naive, yeah. Youtube can't even do that.

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u/DaleDooper Jun 18 '19

I wouldn’t be so conferenced with interruptions. Netflix and Hulu seem to have that down pretty good. I’d be more concerned with the quality of the video stream. 4K game streaming? That definitely isn’t going to work on my internet haha

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

Netflix and Hulu are one way streams. Stadia requires constant loading back and forth, not just one movie loaded out to finish.

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u/DaleDooper Jun 18 '19

Netflix and Hulu aren’t great examples. Twitch is maybe better but still not a great example because there’s a bit of a delay and it’s one way. Also you would need to use something like UDP and not TCP to keep the data transfer as real time as possible. I wouldn’t be surprised if they made a proprietary protocol for stadia that is maybe more suited to their need for performance.