See Teaser For Google's Big Gaming Announcement

@Thanatos2k: It can only interest me if 5G becomes widespread and actually makes "big games on the go" a playable thing - no Wolfenstein on Switch doesn't count.

@Thanatos2k:

Right now I have zero interest in streaming. Also worried it will lead to caps in data going forward

@owizeisme1: you're right with that, no one go to over the friends house anyome, they just link in any piece of tech. This generation sucks.

@owizeisme1: Wow, really dude? lol This is just so stupid and ignorant. So your main reason of why people are as you say, "scared of the future", is because of the game being sold out and you think that's a good reason why gaming should be digital only? It's gonna be way too long to explain why your whole statement is wrong but, know that people have preferences and if they want games on disk they should be able to get it and not have to go digital only because you think it's "outdated".

@owizeisme1: Is this a joke? You can have games shipped directly to your door. I haven't had to "stand in line" for over a decade. What past do you think we're living in?

And digital distribution is completely different from streaming. Streaming means you do not own your games. That is no future most want to be a part of.

@owizeisme1: I don't think so many are against the idea of not having physical media, as evidenced by Steam's popularity.

@owizeisme1: I believe you got carried away and did not put some thinkgin to your statements. I am a digital person as well but there are several aspects that makes physical copies a needed thing in gaming.

1) If I decide to stop playing games, who will buy my digital purchases? If someone does, should I then give up on my lifetime email that comes attached to my account? I don´t think is right to do so. Digital games are trash after deciding not to play them again, you don´t have that issue with physical copies since you can sell them (cheaper than when bought but still).

2) When downloading a digital copy you download the entire thing and it takes longer. When downloading a phycical copy, it takes 10 to 15 minutes. that is a pro and not a cons for Physical as well.

3) Collectionists: There is people that actually enjoys seeing all their purchased games in there physical version. Pile them like books in their gaming area. If its all digital that will not be possible unless you see them on the Library on your console- not the same.

4) If servers go down as they did in the past, you will have to actually be playing with a typewriter or so.

5) Whoever might live in a mountain is not restricted from loving games or should not be discriminated as "you have bigger problems to worry about". People love the mountains, people love the city, etc. You are just one bot in this world as all of us and this statement makes you look pretty bad dude. There are tons of single player games that if you don´t have a goof internet connection could make you enjoy gaming anyways. All 4 topics I raised apply for those gamers too.

I believe physical copies is a part of the business and the amount of money any console would lose for not having those would be ridiculous. After reading your comment i can only assume you wrote it without any strategic thought behind, which is fine, but accept the feedback though.

@owizeisme1: And all that money is thrown away when some of these online services get shut down or a game that you love to play is pulled off.

This is why Physical media should always be an option for consumers. As long as I still have a running system and the disc/cartridge I can still play the game I bought. I can still play and NES game in it's original format as long as I can find an NES and the game or any other thing as long as the physical media exists.

Also there is a huge concern about Game preservation. All these games being Digital only could cause them to be lost. And the same with Streaming as well. In fact we are still finding games that were thought to be lost or didn't even know about. Just see the recently discovered UWC Wrestling game

https://kotaku.com/unknown-nes-game-lost-for-30-years-has-now-been-digit-1833217286

Case and point is this. While Digital is a great option it should never be the only one. If we lose Physical media then we will start loosing gaming history as time goes on and that would be extremely sad.

@owizeisme1: Youre missing important details though. One really important thing is that there are still ISPs in the US that have bandwidth caps, so going to all streaming, all digital is still not completely viable for a large portion af gamers. It's shitty and needs to change, but until it does this is not happening 100%.

Then there is the facts that downloading is still better than streaming, all your data is there and can be accessed. Streaming can lead to latency issues and such, plus for streaming games it will need to be a very solid connection, again not something everyone has access to.

And as for movies, I will only.pirchase movies on physical disc. Reason? Streaming has gotten much better, but the a/c quality is still more compressed than what is found on disc. So physical media for film/tv is still superior to streaming.

@Marky360: i highly doubt it'll be hardware based news more like streaming, most people already have the tech to stream games, with tv's, lap tops, pc's to name a few, or "steam copy" catting service.

Its all speculation, however to take on the already well established giants would be foolish imo.

If it is streamed based service, the question to ask is what it'll offer that others dont already, the same could be said if its a digital only purchase site aka steam and the answer there could be price.

:)

@dante9006: I'm fanboying for the PS4 (and maybe the PS5 as well) for now but as soon as Sony starts taking the MS-like route towards its first party games then I'll just stick to the PC from now on.

@dante9006: Hello mate,

Me too had the struggle with these shitty auto-videos. I thought that there was no way to turn it off. This all changed after I read the comments on an article. Apparently there is a button on the video when you holl over it with your mouse, its next to the share button. Turn Autoplay off and it should fix it, it did for me.

Enjoy mate, it took me a long time to finally realize that there ACTUALLY was an option to turn it off

@dante9006:

Maybe it's a Google branded PC then lol