Google is reportedly looking at entering the video game market, with a streaming platform set to rival Xbox and PlayStation.
Codenamed ‘Yeti’, the under-wraps project would look to offload the processing requirements of high-end games to its own off-site server, allowing standard smart TVs or even budget PCs to replicate the performance of much more advanced hardware.
A report from Kotaku suggested Google may have held meetings with developers at GDC and E3 this year to gauge interest in its streaming platform, and to attempt to bring studios in-house to work on its own Yeti titles.
What we may see is a possible Netflix-style streaming service for games, one that could sit alongside other media apps on your Google Chromecast or similar hardware – or even be played in a tab on the Google Chrome browser.
Room for one more?
Some of you may be thinking, do we really need another home console? And it’s a fair question to ask.
But the runaway success of the Nintendo Switch has certainly shown there’s room for more than two major consoles on the market, as long as players are being offered something distinctly different.
Gaming companies are certainly keeping an eye on the future of …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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