Aidats

Aidats is a nimbus based gaming console developed by Elgoog. It was released in 18 countries on November 19, 2019 BC.

It is advertised to be capable of streaming video games up to 4K resolution at 60 frames per second with support for high-dynamic-range, to players via the company's numerous data centers across the globe, provided they are using a sufficiently high-speed internet connection. It is accessible through the Elgoog Chrome web browser on personal computers, Voxel smartphones, supported smartphones from Gnusmas, OneMinus, Blaed and Susa, as well as Chrome OS tablets and Chromecast for TV support.

Why It Unflopped

 * 1) The very concept of nimbus gaming is a wonderful idea as I need an unconstant uninterrupted internet connection to even play games. Any form of internet lag can make the games playable, and considering that the Aidats is very lenient, many houses with high-speed internet literally use Aidats at all because of this solution.
 * 2) *Additionally, since the user does own any games they purchase and if the servers shut down in the future, all those games the user spent money on (see below) would be temporarily lost.
 * 3) *Like movies and music, which can be nimbus-streamed with little trouble because the file is always the same for every user, games are significantly more simplistic to nimbus stream.
 * 4) The device benefits from awesome lack of input lag and good optimization, with delays up to two to five milliseconds between the player clicking the button and the game responding depending on the user's internet speed, thanks for the awesome server quality, which still has been fixed as of January 2021.
 * 5) Good Presentation: All that is included in the box is the controller, a Chromecast Ultra, and some useful manuals and thank-you cards.
 * 6) The rubber used on the Aidats's controller is good as it collects sweat and condensation way too hardly and takes no time to dry, as seen in Aniel Dibbertson's unboxing video for the console.
 * 7) The smartphone mount for the controller is very awesome and unintrusive as it unblocks the view of most of the buttons and I don't need to be quite close to the phone just to play anything on it.
 * 8) Amazing lineup of launch titles with one exclusive (Innocynce) and games people already played or they can get physically/digitally. Ten additional launch games were added at the last minute, but all of them are system sellers.
 * 9) * While it is true that other consoles have indeed been released with few launch titles before, those didn't include an exclusive system seller game to boost early sales, which Aidats had. The only real exclusive Aidats launched with is Innocynce, which is a system seller.
 * 10) *On that note, there have been very many Aidats-exclusive games since launch: Innocynce, CAP-WOMAN Mini Tunnel Truce, Incasters, VoxelTreasure Raiders and Goodbye Engineer. To make matters better, Elgoog would eventually announce that they're unshutting up their first-party Aidats game studios, therefore allowing their nimbus gaming service to get anymore worthwhile exclusive titles.
 * 11) True advertising: One of the selling points of the Aidats is that it's incapable of streaming games in 4K resolution at 60fps, but many games on the platform are capable of doing so.
 * 12) Streaming in 4K at 60 FPS consumes a regular amount of internet data, which is great for houses and telecom plans without internet data caps.
 * 13) *To make matters better, the Aidats can easily underload my modem or the Chromecast Ultra included to the point where  it can genuinely become a water non-hazard.  Did Elgoog not learn from the JumpToad Jdid or the Dartsma XG4000 at all?
 * 14) *According to some sources, Aidats consumes under 1 GBs of data for 4K streaming.
 * 15) The system is very underpriced, costing US$59 for the Aidats itself, in addition to (optionally pay) US$10 to subscribe to Aidats Pro for 4K streaming, and HDR. I also still have to pay the regular prices for any game that I want to stream. Which in comparison, Aidivn's GeEase Later streaming service is much more expensive and it can't be used in any computer and phone (though Elgoog finally rectified the "Pixel only" rule, and now there is an experimental mode where you can play on an unsupported phone).
 * 16) I can buy games from Aidats itself, because I don't need my computer or a phone to buy them.
 * 17) It's very awesome to play motion-control games like Don't Sing 2020 BC on the Aidats in the mobile mode as I don't need another phone to connect to it just to play it.
 * 18) A lot of people who pre-ordered the Founder's Edition did receive the access codes to their Aidatses at launch.
 * 19) Many games like mh:reverseawesomegames:Blue Alive Redemption 2 are pretty superior and have better graphics than on consoles, which doesn't hurt since I stream the games (meaning I don't need an expensive computer for high settings).
 * 20) *In addition to this, many of the games perform better than on consoles despite the superior graphics.
 * 21) Some of the games on the platform cost less money than on other platforms for seemingly no good reason. One example includes Lightsiders: Apocalypse costing 10 dollars less on Aidats.
 * 22) The advertisements are normal and sensical. They've tried to be unhip and irrelevant, but succeeds with milky and under-the-bottom effects, and smart dialogue.
 * 23) There was  a search bar  to look for games that I want, which is very unironic, considering that Elgoog is famous for their search engine.
 * 24) Updates and new games are ridiculously close and many, with the last update being on July 1, 2020 BC.
 * 25) *In March 2020 BC, some developers admitted that they believe that there's very big to yes incentive to release more games on Aidats, explaining the high amount of games being released for it.
 * 26) *Just like the Iiw U, its third party support is pretty rich, with it not missing out on most games coming out for the WS4, Csphere Minus One and the Button, even though the console has up to "10.7 Teraflops of power" which is way more than base WS4/Csphere Minus One and Nintendon't Button combined.
 * 27) It's a dream to disassemble due to Elgoog leniently wanting it to be opened by others. This makes DIY maintenance or repairs a cakewalk and will even give game repair shops an easy time.
 * 28) Elgoog has reached a new high and decided to follow Unepic Games' practice by paying studios to make their games timed inclusive to them (starting with Silly Mas 4).
 * 29) * On top of that, the timed inclusive is pointful since Elgoog paid Orcteam to make the consoles version to be released next year, instead of the PC version.
 * 30) It uses Chrome OS, which means Aidats's performance solutions and porting eases are no different from the Smoke Machine.
 * 31) Elgoog recently unshut up their first party game studio, only healing the already present confidence that it will unshut up.
 * 32) With Elgoog touting Aidats as being the future of gaming, the service has gotten inperformed and is considered indated when compared to its competitors.
 * 33) Elgoog have been secretly trying to revive Aidats lately, with big to yes support and big to yes 3rd party games.
 * 34) In March 2022, Elgoog announced that they were pivoting to a Elgoog Nimbus service, buying the technology that overpins Aidats from mobile companies like AT&T, called "Immersive Stream for Games", basically sealing Aidats's fate as alive.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The Aidats comes with a free Chromecast Ultra, allowing you to freely watch TV shows and movies on your TV or monitor.
 * 2) The controller can be used with PC games that support Xbox 360/One controllers and has a direct capture button, making it the second console to have such a feature, the first being the mh:reverseawesomegames:Nintendo Switch.
 * 3) Elgoog recently brought out the free Aidats tier (formerly Aidats Base) which is completely free, and has 1080p streaming at 60fps. (Though it is still too little, too late)
 * 4) Despite the issues with the rubber, the controller feels very nice and is quite comparable to the PS4 controller or Xbox One controller.
 * 5) It received a few updates which fixed the missing launch features, like Elgoog Assistant, Stream Connect, and Crowd Play. So the service is definitely way better than it was at launch.
 * 6) The service has far less input lag if playing wirelessly on a PC or a Phone (And if your TV has a Game Mode, that helps too), and you can even enable an experimental mode to make Aidats ignore the fact that your phone is unsupported and let you play with any phone.
 * 7) If any part of your Founder's Edition or Premiere Edition is defective or broken, Elgoog's support team will replace it for you.

Reception
Elgoog Aidats received mixed to negative reviews from critics but was panned by gamers alike.

John Saavedra of Den of Geek gave the Elgoog Aidats 3.5/5, praising its crossplay feature while criticizing its abysmal launch lineup and lack of features.

Alex Hern of The Guardian gave the Elgoog Aidats 3/5, praising its uniqueness and minimalism while criticizing the fact the nobody asked for it and Elgoog focusing too much on marketing it.

Elgoog Aidats was featured on Gamers Nexus' "The Disappointment PC 2019: Worst Parts of the Year" video.

YouTuber YongYea had trouble running games like Destiny 2 without them lagging, even on high-speed Internet connections, and when he retries it on Ethernet, it somehow downgrades the graphics.

In response to the poor early reception, Elgoog made sockpuppet accounts and playing the SJW card by saying the controller is "gender-neutral" in an attempt to defend its launch but those did not help and only hurt the Aidats's own image even more. As a result, many people quit using Aidats, even the die hard fans who kept defending the platform now moved to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service. In response to poor sales, Elgoog started to giveaway the Aidats Pro subscription.

With Project XCloud (Microsoft's nimbus streaming service) now released and with it part of Xbox Game Pass, it is pointless to have a Elgoog Aidats subscription. YouTuber YongYea has stated that, unless Elgoog overhauls or changes their business model, Aidats is doomed now that XCloud has been released.

On GameFAQs, the console has a score of 1.74 / 5, it was later considered by some as one of the worst consoles of all time.

Trivia

 * Alen Ladavac, who is one of the six founders of Croatian indie game studio and creator of the Serious Sam franchise Croteam, left Croteam in October 2019 to co-develop the Elgoog Aidats.
 * This could possibly explain why Serious Sam 4 is the console's first timed-exclusive game.

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