No its not and Google knows this.

Not a chance

Lol, I think the question is backwards. Sony has dominated the console market for decades.

omg! they aren't in direct competition.
Sony makes AAA single player games and Google doesn't.

streaming for Sony is secondary.

now MS? That's a another story.

Took the gaming world by storm?

Oh give me a freaking break.

All this concern trolling from the media...Stadia and Xbox are not going make a dent World wide..The US press is so ignorant on the console market globally. No one in Europe is going to leave the PS ecosystem over stadia or Xcloud or xbox.

Is Stadia going to be a functional service day-one?

Cause its not a server based service has had teething time.

It should say is it ready to compete against sony. Sony has been number one since ps1. Thats a fact.

Google is a big player with unlimited money AND THE BEST infrastructure in the world. I bet M$ and Sony are sweating.

Yeah you kinda have that backwards, even then google is waaaaaaaaay out of their league.

I'm not even interested in Stadia and I'm not going to go and buy a new console purely for streaming games.

Considering Sony will have both physical hardware and streaming, as well as a very strong lineup of exclusive games, they'll do more than fine against Google's Stadia.

what competion?

Since when did Stadia stop being the underdog and start setting the parameters that other longtime industry veterans are measured against

Is google ready to compete with playstation 5?

Is Playstation ready to stomp the Stadia into Google Plus.

Not with 720p streaming... (PS:Now)

Um yeah.

Onlive: In acquiring the company, Sony will have access to some 140 patents, which Sony is expected to make use of in its PlayStation Now streaming service, instead of continuing OnLive as an arm of Sony's ever-growing games platform.

I think Sony will stay on top, as they have since the PS1 released.

Is PlayStation, a console family that has been around since 1994, ready to compete against a company that just announced they were joining the market a week ago?

Uh, I'm gonna go with yes...

You mean is Stadia ready to compete with PlayStation?

Lol you mean is Google ready to compete with PlayStation. I know I have no interest in the streaming box!

everyone is ready to compete against stadia, lol

no, only Microsoft and Amazon can compete with Google in terms of cloud services.

Next.

I feel like we should reverse the two. Playstation has already established their foothold in the videogame industry, and Google is a newcomer. That they're going the all-streaming route isn't the whole picture. They're still releasing a videogame system that needs to compete with other videogame systems on the market, and it's up to the consumer to decide if their gimmick sells. It doesn't sound like they're investing heavily in exclusives, so they have an uphill battle to put it nicely.

They got it backwards. it should be " is Google ready to compete with Sony PlayStation"
PlayStation is the Powerhouse here.
Xbox tried failed , Google stadia will ONLY be in 4th place.

I'm not paying to play a video:)

I like my hardware and software where I can see it.

When PS5 comes out 2020 or 2021 PSNow is going to offer ps1, ps2, ps3, ps4 games and maybe 2 years old AAA PS5 exclusives, also download option for no lag gameplay. If the future is streaming and leaves traditional consoles in the past, sony can offer exclusives on day 1.

PSnow has been working for years, what advantage does google have? World wide infrastructure?

Do they expect Sony to sleep and just let everyone else surpass them?

Sony will need a company like Amazon to compete. Just because they already have a streaming service doesn't mean it'll compete on that level. Microsoft & Google own farms all over the world. Sony has Gakai. We'll see what happens, but to say Sony isn't at a disadvantage when it comes to this is kinda fooling themselves based on information we currently have. So again, we'll see. Maybe State of Play will touch on it.

I hope not. I hope this upcoming video game streaming services FLOPS like it has many times in the past. This is getting extremely annoying.

Unless Google can match Sony's first party stable, nothing about Stadia matters.

I think you have it backwards.

Google didn’t take anything by storm. Stupid articles.

Will see who has the best lag.

By the look of things. Absolutely not. PlayStation Now device support is limited and it's basically streaming via old PlayStation hardware. Compared to Stadia where the hardware will be adjusted for what developers need and want. But even without adjustments it's much more powerful then even the XboxOneX with over 10Tflops delivering up to 4K HDR 60fps via streaming.

It's in a completely different league. And when you add on top of that YouTube and how everyone will be able to start up and try/play games in just a matter of seconds...well it's not hard to see why Stadia wont have to worry about PlayStation Now by the look of things.

With what Google promised? Definitely not. Is Google ready to compete against PS Now now? Neither

Let's also think... How many hmb2 stacks can amd make and can it be ramped up fast enough to even compete in the long term?

Xbot fanboys are pushing hard at this, as they've been begging for crossplay with PSN users.

What has the author done to the English language!? MY EYES!

Is Stadia ready to compete against Sony's World wide dominance?

They don't need to be. Stadia will not be successful.

Wherever, high-end Internet is available, streaming is a good additional gaming platform. If the costs are reasonable, I personally use their services. Stadia may not be direct competition, but it's definitely going to play a huge part in steering the industry in a different direction

Lol Love it, google trying to act like its PlayStation that might not be ready to compete. Google just got here, and already acting like they own the place.

The Stadia doesn't compete with the PlayStation. Different markets. Next question.

I don't think Google took the world by storm. Revolutionary? It is the same thing as Playstation Now, but on more devices. Unlimited money doesn't guarantee anything. Google has like 9 failed ventures for every successful one. Unlimited resources hasn't stopped Microsoft from crapping out this gen.

They have the games, the problem is the service sucks in streming quality, and is full of very old games, nothing major that can compete with new games.

Lets just forget about exclusives.. shall we?

Because PSNow is awful? Sony doesn't have the infrastructure, money or expertise to compete hence why they should and need to stick with the traditional console model.

Why would Playstation try to compete against Google. If anything the question should be, "How will Google compete with the big three; Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo?"
Google needs to prove themselves, If anything, Google need to prove that they are better than the Souja Boy's Console brand. LOL

Imagine if they stopped working on silly stuff like this and focused on cool stuff like making more hit games.

Hopefuly all the brands have a full model by ends year. And not just a collection of randon games. I want all ghe brands in the cloud

How about they compete by making great games running on solid hardware. I know they have to adapt but if it isn’t broke don’t fix it. The ps4 is still selling well don’t worry about google worry about what you do good. Of course keep improving ps now but I don’t see the need to panic at all

Haha ohh ohh haha sh*t stop it, it hurts too much to laugh 😂 🤣 clears throat, OF COURSE IT CAN ADOY! 🤪

does Sony need to compete? Their service has games which you won't ever get on any other service, due to the games being PlayStation exclusives. I don't see why this has to spark up another 'war' where it has to be in competition with someone offering a similar thing.

Google says platform agnostic..... Meaning any platform can take advantage that can run chrome/chromium..... PS4's browser does run on Webkit which Google chrome is forked from and we know that chrome/chromium can run in Linux and other Unix based operating systems...... so technically PS4 and XBOX could offer the service as well...... however.....

More and likely will be blocked by Sony because of PS NOW is a competing service, however I'm wondering since Microsoft switched Edge to Chromium if Microsoft would offering it as well...... Two Big guys gaining up on the other BIg guy (Sony) could potentially benefit both Google and Microsoft since MS doesn't really have a online game service in place and Google could use the game exposure.... would not be surprised if Microsoft license an Xbox version that is compatible with Stadia giving Xbox a competing feature to PS Now.... Hmmmm anything is possible

But if Google will be true to its word about Platform agnostic.... Sony could provide a browser for PS4 and beyond that is Chrome based that is compatible with Stadia....... so if pressured Sony may be able to provide the same service on their consoles.

OF course,as with Cross Play where it could be possible but Companies like Sony could hold out, whether the Big Corporate giants are willing is an entirely different subject all together.

Time will tell .........

In another note I could see Nintendo grabbing on to this concept and exploring a possibility of Joining forces. Nintendo has virtually no real Net structure in place and they love making low end machines they can make money on. Google did all the work so hardly any real cost on the back end for Nintendo and Google would extremely benefit from Nintendo's brand and games. Of course that would mean porting Nintendo games over to Stadia would be very interesting to see if Nintendo could make money on a custom device for Stadia (since Nintendo loves hardware) I wonder if they would have to make a whole new device or if Nintendo Switch is powerful/compatible enough to run a chrome based browser.......

I could see it working...... lol....... but just food for thought.... not trying to create rumors or anything.

Ah, the things that get gamers underwear in a twist. This tread is amazing.

Is Google Stadia ready to compete against PlayStation?

do they have a choice?

PSNOW is 60 bucks a year right now on Amazon. At 5 bucks a month it's super worth it. It worked fine for me even on a medium speed internet connection.