The Google Stadia is Now a Thing That Exists

[EvilRoy]

Does anyone know anyone who has actually gone and got the Stadia? I struggle to think of anyone who would get this.

I originally thought it was ideal for a person like me (lots of travel, carry on only, hotel/plane wifi to abuse) because if I went the pixel plus controller route all I would have to pack extra is the controller and possibly a chromcast if I knew the hotel had decent tvs. Upon further review, the relatively high price of service plus games on top of reported issues blasting through battery and overheating devices isnt worth it. I try to avoid packing things with built in batteries whenever I can but in this case I think I'll just be making room beside the work laptop to carry a switch.

 

[CaitSeith]

I think the Death Nail for Stadia is that you have to actually pay full price for each game.

At least when Onlive tried it, you got access to all their games when you paid for their service. But seriously who is gonna pay 60 bucks to play Mortal Kombat in the worst possible way? Let alone any number of other games? Hell if you by 3 games on Stadia you could have bought a Switch Lite.

Plus Stadia is 130 bucks or something on top of that.

How did anyone green light this idea?

Streaming integration with Youtube, where the audience can buy the game they are watching getting streamed right at that moment. It's all about the money...

 

[Dalisclock]

How did anyone green light this idea?

We live in a world where Firefly didn't get a full season, they made an Emoji movie(which was basically a discount, poorly written version of the lego movie) and a reality tv personality got elected President. Nothing surprises me anymore.