GG I was telling Kurt before, like, missed opportunity, They're calling it stadia.

I got to say it's kind of interesting.

This'd idea this concept.

It kind of makes sense to me.

The execution, Of course, it's up in the air.

We're all sceptical here, whether or not it's going to deliver what Google is claiming This idea, this crazy idea of four K top shelf games at 60 f ps streamed over the Internet with no need for gaming hardware in your presence.

It's kind of an amazing claim.

I mean, it makes sense.

Everything else you do online is stream to constrain him.

Four.

K video There's obviously more complexity when it comes to gaming and input, and so on.

But streaming in general has become the standard in so many entertainment segments.

Whether you're talking about YouTube, Netflix, a music service is like who's downloading stuff?

You, of course, never want to download stuff if you don't have to.

During the live stream, there was a moment where a person's watching the clip of Assassin's creed being broadcast by another YouTuber.

And then they quickly hit the play button, and they're instantly playing the game.

They're playing Assassin's Creed.

No download.

The idea of that if it works as advertised and as showcase is obviously better than stopping what you're doing going into a transaction, paying for something, downloading it and then playing an hour later, or who knows how far down the road and then, in many cases having to deal with the various stores that different game developers utilized to distribute their games.

Whether it's e.

A with their own stuff or purchasing games on steam and so on, there's there's some friction introduced through those various service is.

So when we sat here as a group talking about whether Google can or can't deliver this thing, how excited we should actually be.

I thought about Google through the lens of what they've been able to do with YouTube, because I remember.

I mean, once upon a time, the idea of streaming four K video, even via YouTube seemed insane.

It seemed impossible.

Google has a tremendous number of resources.

I mean, they could be the first company to crack this thing as usual.

There's people that are skeptical and he should be.

There are plenty of Google products that come and go, so people have a right to be skeptical.

But gaming is this area that it's just massive and Google really has no play they have.

They're not involved in the space outside of YouTube, where people watch gaming, so they have the watching peace.

It makes sense to add the playing piece and some of the integration they showed with YouTube, even though who knows if it will be as smooth as they were showcasing it.

It just makes a lot of sense.

People who play games, watch games.

Who could have predicted people would be watching as much gaming as they are?

People could integrate with the gamers dot there watching and the games that they're watching, they could join in.

I mean, there's so many cool potential scenarios that could take place by combining these different worlds now.

The other thing that struck me about this idea coming from Google is that Google, through Android through chrome and their various other products, has reached into places where game consoles and gaming PCs haven't really taken hold where they're not really popular or ubiquitous places like India, China, emerging markets with huge audiences who may not be able to enjoy Triple eight games at the moment.

Or maybe they're only computing devices, the smart phone in their pocket.

With this service here, you could potentially take your game as a developer and broadcast it, send it out and make it available to individuals who couldn't possibly be your customers in the past because they didn't own the hardware, then have the big display toe play your titles.

So during the presentation, they showcased this streaming games service, working on smartphones, low powered laptops, computers and even on TV's as well.

That was kind of interesting.

Through chromecast, they were able to stream, I believe, was a four K feed once again of Assassin's Creed and apparently the new doom.

They're gonna deliver it at four k 60 f.

P.

S by offloading the processing to the cloud to Google servers.

It's all happening out there.

Then you just have a screen and no input leg and this controller that they launched, which again I have to try it out.

It looks pretty cool.

But then they went a step further and said, Oh, you can also use any controller you already have.

Or, of course, if you're on a laptop, you use your typical keyboard input as well.

It has you questioning the viability of all kinds of gaming companies, gaming hardware, gaming, software.

What happens to steam?

What kind of a connection do you need?

There's a lot of questions that come out of a presentation like this.

They didn't say a price, and the launch date is is kind of egg.

They just said 2019.

It's got to be delivered first.

It can't be Laghi.

People will not put up with it.

It's gotta be smooth.

It's got to be fast, especially if people are going to use it in a competitive fashion.

We need to know how fast the connections have to be.

And what about the economics?

Are we just buying games at full price like we're already doing in places like steam?

Or is it some type of subscription service similar to Netflix?

Is it more questions than answers?

Maybe, but at least we know it's a real thing.

It's happening.

There appear to be developers on board, and this really could change the landscape of gaming in a big way.

If Google does what they say they're going to do, that's the big question.

Can they do that?

Time will tell.