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The punchline of today’s Stadia Connect stream is that Google tried to sell us on its vision of a game streaming future with a pre-recorded YouTube broadcast that had more macroblocking than a Minecraft map. The broadcast – fronted by former PlayStation executive Phil Harrison in a shirt and sneakers – failed to cash in on enthusiasm surrounding the tech giant’s initial unveiling, suggesting that this service is going to take a while to establish itself.

Maybe the organisation expects a slow start, but it’s hard to imagine a launch slate less compelling than what it’s cooked up. The games are fine – except they’re virtually all available on the PlayStation 4 anyway. The free copy of Destiny 2 that the search engine firm’s promised with Founders Edition pre-orders would be fine if a free-to-play version wasn’t already planned for consoles, although it admittedly does come with every piece of DLC so far – every cloud and all that, if you’ll excuse the pun.

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But how many people are out there, champing at the bit to play Bungie’s shared world shooter, but unwilling to purchase a console? Who is this actually aimed at in the near-term? Google doesn’t seem to know itself: there’s a subscription fee for the “best” experience, but you still have to buy individual games on top. Amusingly, it’s advertising the lower-tier Stadia Base – which caps out at 1080p – as a “free” experience, but all of the software is still sold separately.

The bottom line is that Sony will sleep well tonight. PlayStation Now, with its 700 or so included titles, is already a much more compelling option – and it’s a supplementary one, merely giving consumers an additional choice. Google’s technology may be superior, and it may be laying the foundations for a battle that’s yet to really begin – but Stadia, as it stands right now, sounds like little more than a wet fart from a company that loves nothing more than seeing what sh*t sticks.

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