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0 pointsChildOfChaos2y ago0 comments

This is not correct. You did not need to 'subscribe and pay for games seperately'

You could buy a game and play it on Stadia, you did not need a subscription. The subscription was to play the included games and get a few new ones each month.

The controller wasn't bizarre, it used Wifi to connect directly to the servers to reduce latency of it having to go to your device first via bluetooth then to the servers, hence why 'it didn't work with anything else', which is also not correct, it worked fine wired, you could also use an xbox controller just fine which is what I did, it wasn't something that 'shipped' with Stadia, it was an optional extra.

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9999000009992y ago

Ok, I'll admit to being wrong here. You did need the subscription for 4k streaming which Gamepass just doesn't offer.

I'd still argue Gamepass does this much better since for 15$ a month you get a good variety of games to play, plus the option to run them locally with whatever resolution your hardware can handle. Google tried moving into a market they couldn't compete in.

I actually got a free Stadia kit with a 4k Chromecast + Stadia controller. I might of gotten confused since you had to sign up for a pro subscription to get the free kit.

ChildOfChaosOP2y ago

To be fair, a lot of people thought the same as you, even when Stadia closed a lot of news articles mentioned this as being a reason. Google did a horrible job of selling the product, that was one of the main reasons why it failed.

Gamepass does seem like a decent product, particularly if you are a big gamer, it's not for me as I don't like subscriptions and I don't play games enough, but it is a decent offering.

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