It’s basically unusable here. Games won’t load or freeze every couple seconds.

I would argue that streaming is a nice-to-have for most game pass customers. The real value is the large selection of AAA titles.

I could argue that they kept pricing low so they could claw back their old market share from Sony. And they’ve kind of done that, and now that Sony has raised prices, it’s safe for them to follow.

MS is competing with Sony, not Google or Nvidia.

Problem that doesn’t exist?

Expensive hardware that gets outdated, long downloads and installs, giant updates every time you load a game after not playing for a few weeks, PC quality graphics can’t run on a mobile device… I could go on.

Those are very legitimate problems.

Yeah, but xCloud doesn’t have nearly the reliable coverage that stadia has. It’s terrible in my area, and I’m in the area on fiber. Stadia wasn’t.

The writing has been on the wall for months with Stadia. Almost 2 years ago they shut down their studios. Money printers stopped going brrr even when everyone was swimming in government COVID money.

It was great for RPGs, but for competitive stuff, the latency was a little tough. And I’m hardwired into fiber in Silicon Valley, so it ain’t like I’m on satellite out on the farm.

It ain’t just the US with shit ISPs.

Given how most other manufacturers handle Android updates, I still think Google is one of the better options for an phone Android.

Yeah, should probably find a better tech subreddit. I’m only still subscribed because I’ve had a Reddit account since the Digg v4 revolt.

Looking at the homepage of this sub now, almost every article is about the misdeeds of technology companies. No one actually upvotes articles about interesting tech anymore.

This sub downvotes everything in new. It’s a surprise anything makes it onto the front page at all.

A link to The Register? They’re still around?