The promise was that the title will reach Ultra HD resolution in the new service, but finally it stays at 1440p with 30 images per second.
Google Stadia is now available in more than a dozen countries. The new video game service from Google, a streaming platform that does not require a console, has arrived without many of the promised exclusive functions and with a catalog of 22 games where works like Red Dead Redemption 2 do not reach the promise of being able to play in resolution 4K with 60 FPS.
4K scaling and 30 FPS: far from promised
As the British Digital Foundry media advances through a technical Reviews, the famous Rockstar title, already available on PC after its passage through consoles, has remained in a native resolution of 1440p rescaled to 4K on the Chromecast Ultra device. In said resolution, the title remains at 30 FPS, half; that is, far from the promise of Google itself.
Red Dead Redemption 2 | Digital foundry
It should be added that consoles such as Xbox One X, Microsoft's enhanced solution for today's generation hardware, offer a superior gaming experience in this regard; Like a high-end computer, where you can also aspire to 4K resolutions without sacrificing 60 FPS.
Another option currently available in Google Stadia is through a Google Chrome browser, where it is not even necessary to insert a Chomecast Ultra device. In this case, as confirmed by the American editor, initially only up to 1080p resolution can be played. In this case you can play Red Dead Redemption 2 at 60 FPS. According to Digital Foundry, in Google Stadia – at least for now – there are no different performance options, but it is apparently blocked from what the service offers as standard.
There is also no good news for Destiny 2, the game included with the Stadia Pro subscription (9.99 euros per month), where as The Verge advances you can play at 60 FPS only if we opt for 1080p resolution. 4K resolution is only in scaling.
Google Stadia breaks like this without some of its exclusive functions, which will have to wait until 2020, such as Family Sharing, Stream Connect, State Share or Crowd Play; In addition, it is limited in resolution by streaming on computer. Google Stadia will be compatible in the future with 5.1 surround sound, HDR and 4K resolution on a computer; but it will be from the beginning of 2020.
