Cloud Gaming
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
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the a16z Podcast
4 statements about Cloud Gaming, every show
Deora: Reliance Jio will launch cloud gaming to bypass console hardware costs
“I think Jio is also going to launch it in India, because that means that today, anyone with a mobile phone, they just have to buy a little controller. They don't have to spend 50,000 rupees, which is what a PS five cost and have a TV screen with an available s…”
Lasky: Early cloud gaming failed due to audience-hardware mismatch
“So you could stream these games without owning a gaming PC, but all the games that were really viable to stream were the kinds of games that gamers who already owned a damn PC were wanted to play.”
Lasky: Cloud gaming's opportunity is casual-identifying hardcore mobile youth
“I do think, however, that the audience has expanded really in the last 12 to 15 years, and that this next generation of kids who've grown up on Fortnite, who've grown up on harder core games but are still casual in their self-identification, who don't think of…”