{"id":7166,"date":"2019-03-20T08:20:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T08:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.indiesmasher.com\/wp\/?p=7166"},"modified":"2019-03-20T08:20:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T08:20:13","slug":"google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In its presentation from GDC 2019 this afternoon, Google announced Google Stadia Cloud Gaming: It\u2019s not a console but a platform that will run even the most graphics-intense <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.indiesmasher.com\/wp\/category\/pc\/\">PC<\/a> games from Google\u2019s data center to an existing device without much lag time. And yes, the company is plainly competing directly with existing platforms. It will indeed launch this year, though the company didn\u2019t discuss expected fees.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to \u201creduce the friction\u201d of gaming by allowing people to play pretty much any game on any device, from phones to browser \u2013 in fact, developers showed the easy movement from Android phone to crappy PC to high-end TV, allowing gamers to begin playing almost immediately with \u201cno download, no patch, no update, and no install.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a new controller to go along with it, the Stadia Controller, though it\u2019ll be an optional device.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/massivelyop.com\/2019\/03\/19\/google-is-building-stadia-a-game-platform-for-everyone-in-a-new-era-of-gaming\/\">Source<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its presentation from GDC 2019 this afternoon, Google announced Google Stadia Cloud Gaming: It\u2019s not a console but a platform that will run even the most graphics-intense PC games from Google\u2019s data center to an existing device without much lag time. And yes, the company is plainly competing directly with existing platforms. It will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,10,17,21,23],"tags":[],"gp_videos":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beta-news","7":"category-cloud","8":"category-featured","9":"category-mmorpg","10":"category-news","11":"category-online-games"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market - IndieSmasher<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market - IndieSmasher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In its presentation from GDC 2019 this afternoon, Google announced Google Stadia Cloud Gaming: It\u2019s not a console but a platform that will run even the most graphics-intense PC games from Google\u2019s data center to an existing device without much lag time. And yes, the company is plainly competing directly with existing platforms. It will [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndieSmasher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-20T08:20:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ISAdmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ISAdmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/\",\"name\":\"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market - IndieSmasher\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-20T08:20:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd3a1205fcf6a2028a49aba5d15d4cbb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/\",\"name\":\"IndieSmasher\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd3a1205fcf6a2028a49aba5d15d4cbb\",\"name\":\"ISAdmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/727f9925bb9294c142117de04763b20464665ffee4c5b885957ce04e468a0388?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/727f9925bb9294c142117de04763b20464665ffee4c5b885957ce04e468a0388?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ISAdmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/author\/isadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market - IndieSmasher","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market - IndieSmasher","og_description":"In its presentation from GDC 2019 this afternoon, Google announced Google Stadia Cloud Gaming: It\u2019s not a console but a platform that will run even the most graphics-intense PC games from Google\u2019s data center to an existing device without much lag time. And yes, the company is plainly competing directly with existing platforms. It will [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/","og_site_name":"IndieSmasher","article_published_time":"2019-03-20T08:20:13+00:00","author":"ISAdmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ISAdmin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/","url":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/","name":"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market - IndieSmasher","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-20T08:20:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd3a1205fcf6a2028a49aba5d15d4cbb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/google-stadia-cloud-gaming-platform-is-a-new-competitor-on-the-gaming-market\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Google Stadia Cloud Gaming Platform Is A New Competitor On The Gaming Market"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/","name":"IndieSmasher","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd3a1205fcf6a2028a49aba5d15d4cbb","name":"ISAdmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/727f9925bb9294c142117de04763b20464665ffee4c5b885957ce04e468a0388?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/727f9925bb9294c142117de04763b20464665ffee4c5b885957ce04e468a0388?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ISAdmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiesmasher.com"],"url":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/author\/isadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7166"},{"taxonomy":"gp_videos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gp_videos?post=7166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}