I have my computer, which doubles as a server, on all the time and was blown away how fast Steam Link worked on a remote connection (albeit I have gigabit upload speeds, but still). I imagine Stadia and GeForce Now are even better.
This is why the screen size is OK because they're usually upscaling anyways.
I watched some benchmark of modern generation or even previous generation games and they are mostly dogshit, the GPU is anemic for modern workloads but fine for emulators it seems.
This is just my best guess, especially given the price of the hardware, it just doesn't make sense for normal portable gaming, but definite hits a niche for retro emu.
Good to know - I thought NeoGeo had some low latency input concerns that were harder to get close to in slower emulators, but like I said - not an expert!
Shutting down a Google game studio seems like a good decision. Stadia should be trying to make it easier for publishers to publish on their platform (or paying for exclusives); not trying to build their own games.
That said, I'd have a lot more enthusiasm if I had better than 20 ms ping to my first hop.
Nope, but the fact they even considered it in the first place was kind of foolish. Now, there's so few titles available on Stadia it's hardly going to be a Steam competitor any time soon.
It comes down to culture for me. Nintendo originally marketed the Game Boy in the "toy" rather than "video game" or "electronics" categories. Something physical to be put under the xmas tree. Developers love handhelds because budgets are 1/10 of AAA titles. Low power GPUs like the Tegra X1 and Neo's Ryzen are plentiful. Along with an explosion in indie handhelds, I wouldn't be surprised to see upgrades to the Vita, 3DS, Shield, etc.
Edit: Of course they do: https://www.razer.com/mobile-controllers/Razer-Kishi/RZ06-03...
(Note if you want to try it: the Settings menu, needed to enable controller, doesn’t unlock until 5 mins in, after you beat the slime creatures using the wind.)
Can't imagine the battery life is much, either. I'd be shocked if it's more than an hour or two.
All of that to run poorly at 800p.