Some people have their head so far up their ass there could be a correlation. 

Sun Lamp or maybe one of those high power Mag Lites. LOL

That’s fair. It’s not unlike someone saying, hey I want to spend $x on a 32 inch monitor because I want to game on a big monitor. Or whatever. If that’s what you want to do then I fully support it. I was only suggesting that in the context of the original article, that buy-in isn’t really cheaper for Stadia than it is…

I did some research and cannot find any info on this. Do you have a link? I have found very little on the details on how games are sold on Stadia. As I said, they may or may not include a digital copy. That would be stupid if they didn’t. If I have to repurchase games that I already own then this service is dead…

What does that have to do with anything? And, by the way you’re wrong, Stadia does have hardware, it’s called Chromecast, but like Nvidia it’s not required. Nvidia does not require any hardware, just your laptop. Yes you can stream to Nvidia Shield TV, like Stadia does to Chromecast but what does that have to do with…

Yes, I know how it works. It works just like the Nvidia service that I have used, which also streams games. Did you read what I wrote? Nvidia requires you to buy a copy of the game, same as Stadia. Nvidia requires you to enter your license key into the Nvidia service and no local copy is required. However, since you…

Do we know this to be the case? With Nvidia’s service I buy the game and then enter the license code when I add the game to my Nvidia library. I still have a digital copy of the game that I can load onto my PC but, since I’m licensed, I can play via the service or play using my local copy.

Actually Sony has a game streaming service with pricing. And in this context, we are talking about the hardware needed to run Stadia so there are plenty of comparisons to that. There are other services announced, like XCloud with estimated pricing. NVidia is advertising game streaming via Shield TV (which is…

I think the Switch has awesome games and it’s a good portable solution. No it doesn’t play “everything” but neither will Stadia (or any gaming platform). Stadia will have its place. I think these services may become analogous to Netflix/Hulu when it’s all said and done. Everyone will have a favorite service due to the…

Which does beg the question, why spend $150 for the dongle when all you’ll need in the future is a computer or phone device?

Sure, though even a console will have various parts and pieces you need to bring along if you travel. I’d say get the original Switch if you want to play on the big screen while away from home and get the new Switch if you just want to play when you travel.

If you don’t own any of those consoles and really want to play games then Stadia could be a solution. It requires significantly less buy-in than a console and is more portable than even the Switch. 

Exactly. We do this with online games now. Sure, local/single player games will have the added latency but it won’t be that much different than current online gaming.

capitalism is fundamentally based around the ability of an employer to extract surplus value from a wage earner

Thank you for that. Not likely to happen. What’s got your head so far up your ass today?

Uh, wut? This is Capitalism at its finest. Socialism would guarantee you a severance, Capitalism says that the supply is too large and the demand is too low so your services are no longer needed.

Thanks for the insult. Severance is not a given. You might get it and you might not.

But that assumption includes the presumption that the company is financially stable. A company that can’t control expenses or generate sufficient revenue cannot guarantee employment, much less compensation.

I’m guessing the CEO probably had a golden parachute in his employment package. Not saying it’s right, but he negotiated that up front. For all we know he took a reduction in what he negotiated. 

I have to agree. I find it ironic, they want compensation for being laid off. If they had decided to leave and go to work somewhere else would they compensate WeWork for the cost to replace them? Uh, no.