That's not streaming, that's buying in chunks.
Video game streaming implies that the game is rendered an run on a remote location and only the inputs are sent from your location to the remote server and the server returns the video stream.
That's what PS now is.
However, I do believe that game streaming is still ways off for the vast majority of users with most people not having access to speeds of 25Mbit and more.
Here in Germany, for example, I only have access to affordable Internet at 16mbit speeds (I would have to pay 10x the current rate to get fibre), in a lot of rural areas (and mind you, most of Germany is rural) that's the maximum you can get.
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Ping depends on several factors. The distance the packets has to travel, the IP network of your ISP, and several other network problems that hold up the packet. ... In conclusion,
bandwidth and
ping can
affect each other in certain circumstances but you cannot expect a lower
ping by simply getting more
bandwidth."
This right here, is the single biggest confusion I see people make when it comes to this. While bandwidth and latency can affect each other to an extent, you cannot decrease your ping/latency just by increasing the amount of bandwidth you supply to the connection.
In other words, the key factor here is
ping. The amount of time it takes for your information to reach the server, and getting a response back. This is the crucial part Stadia will rely on, and honestly I don't see it being anywhere near the requirements for smooth gameplay without input lag.
The reality, as far as I understand it, is that you can have
5000Mb of bandwidth. That's great. That's in fact fantastic. But if you live far away from your nearest server, that means absolutely nothing.
Your ping will still be crap. You may be able to download/upload more information at once, but the time it takes to get there is still the same. Therefore your ping barely changes.
The biggest proof of this, is that I've had a total amount of 3 different internet service providers, and while my downloading / uploading have increased in speed, my
LATENCY remains the same. Around
50-60 ms. Because I haven't moved any closer to the server, and because the cables carrying my information still have the same speed limit as before.
The real issue here, is that this requires a complete overhaul of server infrastructure and new cable technology to allow faster speed of information transfer, and therefore, lower latency.