Google announces its plan to try to upend the $140B video game industry. - CNBC
with a new streaming service called Stadia that allows people to play high-end games without purchasing expensive consoles or computers. Google said this is a"game platform for everyone."Google explained a bit how it will work. The company said that if someone is watching a video of a game on YouTube, they could hit a button that says"play now" and jump right into playing the game themselves in as fast as five seconds.
"With Stadia, the data center is your platform," Google said. A gamer can start on one platform and then pick up where they left off on another devices, which means you might game on your computer and then continue on your phone when you leave the house. Google said it will support 4K games at 60fps with HDR but that, in the future, will support games up to 8K resolution. Most people don't yet own 8K TVs and only the most recent gaming consoles from Microsoft and Sony currently support 4K HDR gaming.helps Google power Stadia's graphics rendering in the cloud. AMD shares were up about 7 percent on news that it was partnering with Google on Stadia.
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