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I really don’t get the hate... I’m reading that in general UX is pretty good. I only have a Switch so haven’t been able to play RDR2 or AC Odissey... The solution seems perfect for me given the price point and I’m seriously considering picking it up.

When I worked for Nintendo we broadly called the segment I’m in “lapsed gamer” and it’s actually a pretty big niche...

What I read between the lines is that people are pissed that Stadia doesn’t address the “core gamer” demographic well (this kind of reaction is recurrent - see the Wii!), but might this not be a great go-to-market strategy?

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>I really don’t get the hate...

Not really hate but more people are so dazed by google's "product" zigzagging that it's hard to take it seriously anymore. Google managed to induce massive amounts of cynicism in their users.

e.g. Remember Google+? The thing that got shut down? Couple weeks ago I get a corporate email saying please update your profile pic on google+.

1. I thought it's dead.

2. What profile? Did you guys create a profile for me on a dead product?

3. Or did they keep the corporate version alive?

4. What about google currents? Google+ pages? Different things? Same thing but renamed?

I don't bloody know. And no I'm not updating my profile pic dear HR. Google will kill it in 3 months time and/or launch 2 clones or relaunch it with a lick of paint anyway.

It's the same with all their other stuff too. Their chat thing I use every day? It's got 3 different interfaces with different functionality and I don't even know what it's currently called. Hangouts? Meet? Google Chat?

>When I worked for Nintendo we broadly called the segment I’m in “lapsed gamer” and it’s actually a pretty big niche...

I'm interested in what you've said here. Not only does it describe me but, if Nintendo are tracking it, it explains why they're one of the few companies I would trust to continue making the kind of solid, single player experiences that I enjoyed when I wasn't 'lapsed'.

I have no interest in 'e-sports'ey online multiplayer because I don't want to invest time to be good enough to enjoy it. I don't want to invest in a game-as-a-service because I don't want to feel trapped in it.

If you are looking for specific games and already have a Switch for portable gaming, I would suggest that you buy an Xbox One S All-Digital Edition during the Black Friday sale, which I've seen announced for $150 [1]. That's on par with Stadia's hardware costs, doesn't need a subscription for single player games, and has a much larger library of games.

[1] https://www.onmsft.com/news/you-can-grab-an-xbox-one-s-all-d...

That describes me as well, as a kid and a teenager I was mad into gaming, lost interest as I entered my 20's, now in my 30s and want to get back into it.

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