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RandomFactor [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Goog posted a teaser video clip [youtu.be] about its vision for the future of gaming [phys.org] to be revealed on Tuesday at an annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

The clip cycles through an accelerating collage of scenes one might find in video games, but says nothing about what Google will announce at the event, which will be live-streamed at YouTube.

In a potentially related bit of prospecting someone uncovered a recent patent

that Google filed for a video game controller [which] hinted that the tech firm might be planning to release its own console and controller to go along with a streaming service.

Microsoft appears to share this vision,

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said late last year that a keenly anticipated "xCloud" streaming service was in "early days."

Amazon also has a related pre-existing entry into this same space with it's popular Twitch game play-streaming service, and I can't imagine they are sitting still.

The US video game industry generated a record $43.4 billion in revenue in 2018, up 18 percent from the prior year, according to data released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and NPD Group.

I suppose that's just too attractive a pie to leave in the hands of customer-centric game developers like Activision, Sony, and EA.

Are you ready for the 800lb streaming gorillas?

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