No, people are in shock that Stadia is offering way less than their competitors for the same price with less options.
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Google Stadia Pro (4K/60, 5.1 surround) $9.99 a month. Stadia Base (1080/60) requires no subscription.
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Lets see Nvidia Geforce
Free per Month (was 7.99, free May Be temp)
Resolution: 4K
Frame rate : 60fps
Buy games wherever you want? YES
Access Steam Games Library : Yes Partial (was full hopefully they will reunlock every game)
Battle.Net Library : Yes
Ubisoft Uplay Library : Yes
Free Games : Yes - Tomb Raider 2016, Batman Arkham Asylum etc
Console? : Yes kind of TV Player Nvidia Shield, also works on PC & Mac
Nope I have a Nvidia Shield, granted it cos me 160, but no pc in sight
Free per Month (was 7.99, free May Be temp)
Resolution: 4K
Frame rate : 60fps
Buy games wherever you want? YES
Access Steam Games Library : Yes Partial (was full hopefully they will reunlock every game)
Battle.Net Library : Yes
Ubisoft Uplay Library : Yes
Free Games : Yes - Tomb Raider 2016, Batman Arkham Asylum etc
Console? : Yes kind of TV Player Nvidia Shield, also works on PC & Mac
Nope I have a Nvidia Shield, granted it cos me 160, but no pc in sight
Where are you reading this? We all watched the Stream. You're trying to defend something that isn't there. I don't doubt they'll add more Free games down the road but this isn't the Netflix of gaming.
It did start their web service with more than a single movie. Unlike Stadia.
Uhhh.... Why would you do this is you have an NVidia Card with Gamestream?
I mean, I guess the potential of streaming in 4K is tempting, but no fucking way that's going to work without crazy lag.
Yeah it's frustrating
Because I assume Xenoverse 2 and the old games will be "free"
But some games like Ghost Recon Breakpoint or Borderlands 3 have to be purchased
I'll say after the initial disappointment about the Pro variant, for people who don't have a console the base version is a pretty great deal. You need to buy a controller select a game and off you go, no other hardware or installations required.
I somewhat wonder how many people who don't own a console are still willing to pay full price for games. But maybe high schoolers and college students who currently can only play on old laptops would be willing to jump in here?
I somewhat wonder how many people who don't own a console are still willing to pay full price for games. But maybe high schoolers and college students who currently can only play on old laptops would be willing to jump in here?
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What about Microsoft when the original Xbox launched? Were they a startup then?
Yet to be seen. My expectation is that they'd more closely match PC prices, e.g., usually $10 less than consoles, but not sure. I wouldn't imagine that the price would be cheaper because there's no disc or packaging though, that cost is relatively trivial (and the reason most digital games are the same price as most retail games today).
And like any service I'd expect there to be sales and discounts at different times throughout the year.
To higher quality service of the Stadia servers.
The free version comes out next year, where you can buy and own the game no sub required
The vague messaging is really frustrating. Just fucking tell us how many "free" games we can expect per month and how much new games will cost.
So, not like Netflix at all. I'm disappointed that the library is so small. For me personally this would have been a good way to play games like civ 6.
Well... they did an extremely poor job in explaining how the service works/what you get as evidenced by all of the posters here asking what games Pro includes afterwards. I kind of feel like they were intentionally vague in that presentation regarding how it works--they didn't want to come out and explicitly say "You pay $9.99 a month and then you have to buy all of your games on top of that." One could interpret they vagueness as a lack of confidence in their own offering...
It's more like if you bought a PS4 and subbed to PS+ and only have access to your free PS+ games.
You are renting beefy hardware for $9.99. Like one would do if paying for time at a gaming cafe.
The issue is the whole "paying for games you can only stream" thing. If you take that out and it's just Netflix for games I doubt anyone would complain at all. It's the having to buy games when you can only stream them that people don't like.
Yes, if you decide to pay for it (standard service is free), you are paying for the right to stream it, and the service behind that.
But you don't have to pay for anything, as the standard service is free.
Nah, I Mena don't you need a pc with an nvidia gpu to host your library first?
I think the general point is it doesn't really matter where these services start. It's where they will eventually build to.
You get to pay an extra 20-50 dollars a month if you're a Comcast customer and you have to worry about data caps.
Yes, exactly. Also "free" is a weird way of describing what's happening if I occasionally get a game as a reward for subscribing to something (like PS+ and Games with Gold). I guess they don't cost anything additional, but I'm paying for it basically.
Microsoft could just add xcloud to Game pass ultimate (game pass+gold) and it would make the value insane and they would obviously make a separate subscription just for xcloud. Stadia's subscription price for what it is offering doesn't seem attractive at all.
I own a lot of game hardware and expect to buy a least one console from the upcoming new generation. So renting google's streaming platform seems unattractive with also having to buy titles for it. The free model (1080p, stereo) doesn't seem better than my current hardware. Not having to download titles is interesting, but instead a constant stream of data might not be better. No library of games included in the sub model is an issue. It could be that the free model with game demos could be fun to quickly try out games, but then I would probably purchase elsewhere unless exclusive.
I am aware 1080P/60FPS and below is free next year, i'm just amused at this model. Having to buy games individually makes me even less likely to ever try this service.
I'll probably get any interesting exclusives, but I'm not feeling that buisness model as interesting as it is.
Think of it as you are buying/financing the 11TF next gen console for Google to keep on your behalf, who will then charge other people to use in your stead.
Nope all done with cloud, steam games bought over iPad from website, changed it at the beginning of this year
Yeah, the more I think about it the more I think Stadia is dead in the water. Mostly because xCloud will be such a superior option on paper. The only advantage that Stadia has that I can think of is YouTube integration.
As a huge Sega fan and Dreamcast lover, Microsoft game out the gates swinging with their game line up(not to mention them buying Rare). Stadia isn't even in the ball park of what Microsoft was doing at the time.
Got it. Thanks! I sit really close to the TV so I'll probably notice. Difference might not be too bad though.
I hope in the next connect they look at the camera more lol. The whole talking to the other person camera thing was very distracting and awful decision to engage the audience.
Nvidia has a good service from the looks of it, it just doesn't have the marketing know how to get the word out there and really push it the way a Microsoft or Google can to a mainstream audience.
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Understandable but because they provided the option to purchase new games day 1 people are up in arms. So if the option was removed it'd be ok?
I see. Well, I suppose that makes it better. I'll give this a try if it offers a library comparable to Game Pass. No chance I'm buying a game on a service that might not even be around in a few years time.
Lmao. Tbh you'd probably never hear it for fear of embarrassment.
So it's basically 9.99 pcm for renting a console, that's $839.16 over a console lifespan. Not for me.
You don't have to pay for the base. Only if you want to stream to 4k
So the sub only unlocks 4k and gives you a free game occasionally like Gold? And there I was concerned that they weren't going to put their exclusives on their own service. this is actually worse than I thought it would be.
The Stadia service includes free games. But we only know of Destiny 2 atm.
If they offered a lot of games through streaming and didn't make you buy games you won't actually own it'd be fine. The issue is you have to pay a subscription and then pay for the actual games!
Yes nothing you get in a subscription is 'free', you are paying for all of it. Just like you are paying for Stadis, except you pay the same with Stadia and get less games and less options. Does that really sound like a great deal to people?
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