Google may reveal its rumored gaming streaming platform, believed to be codenamed Yeti, at the 2019 Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. 9to5Google, citing a source familiar with the matter, broke the news Wednesday after Google announced a keynote talk at GDC on Tuesday.
Rumors starting circulating earlier in February last year that Google was working on the project, but little is known about it. It’s tipped to comprise Google’s Project Stream technology — which it has already revealed — with a hardware component that could take the streaming tech to the living room.
Google showed off Project Stream late last year through to this January. With a 25 Mbps minimum internet connection, gamers on Windows, Linux, Mac or Chrome OS could play via the Chrome browser. Google revealed how this could handle AAA game streaming thanks to an Assassins Creed Odyssey demo.
The hardware could eliminate the computer browser requirement to get it working on a TV. It was expected to be little more than a Chromecast, but now speculation suggests it would be more like a home console, with a Google-made controller. It will supposedly include “in-game chat” capabilities, but we don’t know if this would be voice or text.
The holy trinity of streaming?
Numerous game streaming services have been attempted in recent years but none have proven successful. Though there are ongoing projects from Nvidia and Microsoft, but Google might be there with the first great solution.
The market need is there. Physical hardware to support high-end gaming — like speedy processors and powerful graphics cards — is expensive and needs frequently upgraded to support the latest games.
Meanwhile, streaming services like Spotify and Netflix are thriving in their respective fields of music and video, adding serious weight to media streaming’s commercial viability.
With Yeti (or whatever its official name will be), is Google planning the service that would complete the holy trinity of media streaming services? We’ll have to wait on see.
GDC takes place March 19 this year. What do you think of Google’s prospects? Let me know in the comments.
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