I was going to give Stadia a try when Doom Eternal came out because I wanted to play it in 4K and only have a PS4. Backed out because of their announcement that it was not native 4k, as originally promised, but actually upscaling. Whether or not I would have known the difference is another story but the backtracking on something they had been so adamant about left a bad taste in my mouth.
I also don't like their subscription model, TCO is way too high compared to console. You pay monthly and you still pay full retail price for the games.
I wound up getting Doom for PS4 and it's awesome. The HDR makes it look fantastic.
This bewildered me - they advertised 4k gaming and then it turned out the vast majority of games were running at like 1080p and being upscaled. Sending 1080p video at 4k seems incredibly wasteful and pointless.
Technically upscaling with machine learning can be amazing, and it's what most real-time renderers use nowadays. You won't be able to tell, and it can even add detail if the network is good. I'm not an expert though, but I suppose it can only get better?
I also don't like their subscription model, TCO is way too high compared to console. You pay monthly and you still pay full retail price for the games.
I wound up getting Doom for PS4 and it's awesome. The HDR makes it look fantastic.