What is google doing?
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/17/google-yeti-gaming-announcement-expectations.html
They are going to offer a streaming game service.
Let’s see how well it works. Many have come and gone before them. Not everyone has low latency, high bandwidth connections.
Technically there is no reason for it not to work. I played Assassins Creed in Chrome and it was totally playable on my run-of-the-mill cable internet. But of course, others tried it before without much success...
So they want to become Microsoft and Sony? I just hope this time they stick to one product and doesn’t kill it for a decade.
Maybe they'll want to kill them somehow?
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/10/08/project-xcloud-gaming-with-you-at-the-center/ Google isnt the only one looking to stream games.
There is also Nvidia’s GeForce Now
The article implies that Netflix video is served from AWS. AFAIK the bandwidth is too expensive (not to mention latency), so Netflix put their own hardware in ISPs' networks to serve the video.
Netflix uses AWS for encoding videos etc. Actual playback will be from CDN. Even Amazon video doesn't use AWS. They rely heavily on Akamai.
Trying to get more information about consumer habbits by monitoring their gaming habbits and presenting them with personalized ads?
Bingo. Everything they do—profitable or not—is to feed the beast.
Taking on the $140 Billion gaming industry?
How so?
Well, that's what the title says. I'm just reading it for you.