Google May Announce Console and Games at GDC 2019

Google may announce a new games console at the Game Developer Conference 2019. Earlier today, several gaming outlets received invites to a keynote from the company slated for March 19 at 10am PT (11:30pm IST). Official details are scarce with Google's invite having a line 'Gather Around' and what appears to be a dark hallway leading to an exit. The keynote could be the first official reveal for Project Yeti, the oft-rumoured streaming service from Google that could possibly ship with a console and controller. Or it could simply point to the expansion of the recently announced and beta-tested Project Stream service.

However, thanks to a now deleted tweet from industry insider Liam Robertson, it's quite likely that Google's keynote could see a console launch with a slew of games.

"Staying here, taking a gander at screen captures of unannounced Google comfort diversions and discussing regardless of whether to discharge them," read the tweet which was chronicled on famous gaming gathering ResetEra. "Don't really want to get copyright claimed to hell."
Interestingly, Kotaku's Jason Schreier suggested it would be more than just a streaming service, tweeting that he's heard "Google has put money into both" streaming infrastructure and games.

As per The Information, the look mammoth is making arrangements for a genuine attack into amusement gushing, which is at present a beginning business sector.

"An early cycle of Yeti was intended to work with the Chromecast TV gushing stick, as indicated by an individual acquainted with the undertaking and someone else who was informed about it. All the more as of late, Google has been trying an equipment gaming console for running the Yeti administration, one of the general population said. Sasquatch likewise incorporates an equipment controller that is utilized to play the recreations, created by Google's hardware team," the report from The Information reads.

This follows Google's hiring of Phil Harrison, a longtime video game industry veteran. Harrison control key positions at Sony and Microsoft before change of integrity Google.
Another report suggests that Google is pushing in three directions: a game streaming service (codenamed Yeti) akin to Nvidia's GeForce Now, hardware that will facilitate the streaming platform, and courting game developers.

It will intrigue perceive how Google intends to monetise such an administration. Taking into account how the majority of income created on Google Play is by means of publicizing, the likelihood of Yeti being a superior administration is interesting, all the more so when content balance
and curation hasn't been its biggest strengths in past endeavours.
Nonetheless, this move could give video game streaming the shot in the arm it needs. Provided of course, the company has found a way to deal with bandwidth hassles that eventually crop up with every game streaming business model including its own Project Stream