A hands-on look at Google's Stadia cloud game service

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Is its bang as big as its much-advertised buck?

Agence France-Presse had a chance to gain a first impression at the web behemoth's Paris office in advance of the launch as Google bids to raise the bar to new ultra high-definition heights in a gambit to win greater heft in a global video game industry worth an estimated $135 billion.

Notwithstanding the glitch, the graphic quality certainly stood out. According to estimates by the US tech giant, the computing power under the hood is ample enough to allow players not to worry about technical limitations of their own hardware causing lags or snaps in the action. Image fluidity was also up to the mark. While Google's Chromecast Ultra device must be plugged into a TV for Stadia sessions, a custom Stadia controller connects via WiFi directly to Google servers where game software is hosted.In usage terms, it's on par with using a home console in terms of seamless on-screen response to joystick movements – although beyond that Stadia is touting much shorter boot-up times.

Even a small-scale test run using few servers could not erase all question marks, a key one being the quality and stability of the connection once there is the expected onrush of competitors firing up on November 18 and thereafter.Another unknown is the extent to which one can play away from one's own home on a variety of media.

 

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