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Google Stadia preorders are being shipped on first-come first-served basis, not all preorders will get it on launch day.
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A lot of people are thinking this is some sort of planned rollout so the servers don't get overloaded on day one.
I kinda doubt that.
It's much more likely to be down to boring stuff like the capacity of their distribution centres, and the logistics of printing out thousands of individual address labels and sending out individual packages.
As someone who has backed (and received) many boardgame Kickstarter projects, I'm well aware that the process of 'sending physical shit out' can take a while, even after the stuff has arrived in your central distribution centre.
And no, "but they're Google" isn't a decent argument. Pushing physical shit around the world is way different to pushing digital bits around, and Google can't just magically make the roads wider and postmen faster.
Interestingly, those people who have pre-ordered seem pretty chill about all this. It's everyone else that's doing the ranting and raving, and y'all were never gonna be trying the service till Base comes out sometime next year!
I kinda doubt that.
It's much more likely to be down to boring stuff like the capacity of their distribution centres, and the logistics of printing out thousands of individual address labels and sending out individual packages.
As someone who has backed (and received) many boardgame Kickstarter projects, I'm well aware that the process of 'sending physical shit out' can take a while, even after the stuff has arrived in your central distribution centre.
And no, "but they're Google" isn't a decent argument. Pushing physical shit around the world is way different to pushing digital bits around, and Google can't just magically make the roads wider and postmen faster.
Interestingly, those people who have pre-ordered seem pretty chill about all this. It's everyone else that's doing the ranting and raving, and y'all were never gonna be trying the service till Base comes out sometime next year!
Yea like i said yesterday, 90% of the people complaining in this thread don't even have 1 ordered
Probably higher than that...
I ordered minutes after the announcement so we will see if it is actually true that they ship in the order received or not
I didn't pre-order one and don't get all the hoopla either. They say it will still arrive at people's places withing two weeks of the release date. That's.......nothing.
Edit: oh nm you meant the delivery sorry, yea they think it fails because it has a 2 week window lol
Need the controller with the Chromecast on tv.
Any other device your can use your choice of inputs
You can use mouse kb and Xbox controller on pc but not on chromecast
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the only way to get access to stadia in 2019 however is with the founders/premium edition, which requires you to buy the $130 bundle. There is no way to sign up for a (free) account in 2019. In early 2020 they will let people sign up for the free version and you can use it across multiple devices and stuff, just like the beta in jan let you play Assassins Creed Odyssey on a PC with a controller or kbm in 1080p.
Not sure how exactly the buddy passes that come with every founders edition works, that also gives you access to the pro edition but not sure when exactly that goes out and how you would play. That should also give you 3 months free of pro.
I had one pre-ordered but cancelled it last week. Mostly so I'd have enough money to buy the Analogue Pocket without feeling as guilty down the road, but also because, even as someone who has been pretty defendant of the system when it comes to claims like "Google will shut it down in a year", the price proposition just ain't worth it. And now they top things off with this announcement.
The potential of Stadia is still great tech-wise, but they really seem to be rushing it to market without doing any research, which is incredibly baffling for the company with perhaps the most analytic data in the world.
The potential of Stadia is still great tech-wise, but they really seem to be rushing it to market without doing any research, which is incredibly baffling for the company with perhaps the most analytic data in the world.
You need to pre-order yes, but the account creation will likely be initiated by email.
Once you've got the account, you don't need any of the hardware.
Yeah, I'll make this a little easier for them and cancel my preorder. I really don't need it anyway, I was more curious about using the tech and getting hands on with that controller, but this is too much. I'll check in again with them next year and see how it's going.
What a perfect way to kill off your product before it even starts, Google.
With this among other bad news about it, this thing will be the next Wii U & Ouya.
With this among other bad news about it, this thing will be the next Wii U & Ouya.
Wait... how can a preorder of a cloud service be late?
..wait.. why did people preorder a cloud service at all..?
..wait.. why did people preorder a cloud service at all..?
am I missing something?
It said from the beginning that the Founder edition will arrive at the 19th and it having a limited amount of units which all have been sold out, and at the same time they announced the Premiere edition which will ship out a bit later. I don't read anything about the founders edition not making it on time.
It said from the beginning that the Founder edition will arrive at the 19th and it having a limited amount of units which all have been sold out, and at the same time they announced the Premiere edition which will ship out a bit later. I don't read anything about the founders edition not making it on time.
Ugh. So if I want to sign up to the *paid* service using my computer and a xbox controller I can't? They force u to buy the dongle + their controller in 2019?
maybe you will if founders get buddy passes and they can be activated in 2019 and they allow you to get a 3 month stadia trial? its all very murky, unclear, and just another aspect of "this launch is awful"
you will be able to in 2020, just not now. Well, a stadia pre order can add second (and third, fourth) controllers so maybe if someone ordered 2 controllers and gave you a buddy pass and a controller you could? I dunno.
They want to control the numbers for early access. You can absolutely do that during the full launch
It isn't Google first time to release physical products globally.
exactly, google has been in the hardware business for a while. shipped 4 generations of pixel phones, Google Home, Chromecast, etc. https://store.google.com
They've said people were going to "start receiving them on launch day" since they put them up for sale. This isn't new news, not sure why it's being portrayed as such. Willful ignorance I guess.
This has got to be the biggest early access / beta launch that is not labeled explicitly as such.
Why would they release this in a controlled manner and basically not have many of the awesome features they announced at launch otherwise?
The great promise was to buy a game, and stream to any device, easy. Feels so limited at launch now.
I'm in for the "free" tier next year, when it hopefully becomes what they promised.
Why would they release this in a controlled manner and basically not have many of the awesome features they announced at launch otherwise?
The great promise was to buy a game, and stream to any device, easy. Feels so limited at launch now.
I'm in for the "free" tier next year, when it hopefully becomes what they promised.
How hard is it to produce a controller and a Chromecast?
I'm curious to know how many units they planned on having for the launch.
I'm curious to know how many units they planned on having for the launch.
a lot of their stuff isn't available most of the times in specific countries, except Chromecasts :p
Here in Portugal their online store only has two items, a chromecast (non ultra) and google wifi. Never even had any Pixel phones for sale.
Pretty barren.
This and the controller news was what pushed me over the edge to cancel my founder's edition preorder. I'm sure Stadia will be cool down the line but I don't feel like paying and showing up for it on Day 1 anymore.
So if you have stadia pre ordered you can go to the google order history page (login etc)
and it has a delivery date. People were fucking with the order (just editing and saving) and it kept changing the delivery date to the point where the website was saying they will get it Nov 5th, weeks before release. lol
i wouldn't do that, its quite possible editing the order puts you in the back of the delivery queue so you will in reality get it LAST.
I still have a pre order, i'm pretty much resigned to it being a complete waste of $130 but its the perfect time of year to play with weird gadgets. My delivery currently says Nov 21st - 22nd, I ordered within an hour or two of the announcement.
and it has a delivery date. People were fucking with the order (just editing and saving) and it kept changing the delivery date to the point where the website was saying they will get it Nov 5th, weeks before release. lol
i wouldn't do that, its quite possible editing the order puts you in the back of the delivery queue so you will in reality get it LAST.
I still have a pre order, i'm pretty much resigned to it being a complete waste of $130 but its the perfect time of year to play with weird gadgets. My delivery currently says Nov 21st - 22nd, I ordered within an hour or two of the announcement.
