google stadia latency aint the worst

Early Google Stadia latency tests highlight the downsides of cloud streaming

By Matt Leonard

Some early Google Stadia latency tests have highlighted the biggest problem facing the burgeoning cloud gaming industry. Latency between player inputs and a response is massively important for a great number of games, and cloud gaming—even Google’s latest Stadia tech—is worse than the slowest local application.

Early testing from Digital Foundry suggests a significant, but not unmanageable, increase…

Matt Leonard
Matt Leonard

I like video games, music, cats, cars, and Star Wars. I will die for the Oxford comma, and think the internet is just dang nifty.

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