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Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

I cant see them breaking into a market that already has fan bases firmly planted with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Those people are invested in their current consoles and probably cant afford to spend what will probably be £400 on a new console then hundreds to create a new gaming library and whole online profile to play with other gamers when the community isnt even established with Google in that market yet. They won't just be dropping a surprise console it would be heavily advertised and promoted to make sure they get interest before launching

To me it just looks like they are launching some new kind of VR experience system?

Yeah I can't see it being a new console when consoles in their traditional form general probably only have a few generations left, and Playstation and Xbox obviously dominate the industry (with Nintendo having carved out its own little niche in portable / party gaming).

VR is a possibility but I do also think it might be game streaming in the vein of PSNow, but with the power of Google's massive server farms behind it, which would theoretically allow for processing speeds and graphics at the absolute peak of current PC technology - but able to be played on a small cheap device (or even a subscription service on existing devices?).

Like I said though I don't think net infrastructure is QUITE there yet. PSNow works "OK" but the latency is very noticeable on action-intense games even when it's just a couple of milliseconds, and no amount of tech can compensate for that, it's purely down to the connection. Even PS4 Remote Play across a LAN has (for me) noticeable lag... e.g. it was 100% fine for playing Persona 5, but it made Spider-man unplayable as it was impossible to time the dodges and counters.