wait wtf it requires a Chromecast at launch, even though the Project Stream beta ran on desktop Chrome browsers?
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[Rumor/leak?] Lapresse.ca details the Google Stadia price, release date, launch details, line-up
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So basically the Chromecast is a micro-console? I thought the idea was to not have hardware tied to Stadia lol.
The only way this service works is if it charges a monthly fee that is no higher than, like, $15.
I agree with this, but the subscription is already a throttle. Not supporting the chrome browser at launch is selling the platform short when it needs to make a good impression.
To be fair this has been happening for a while with online games on consoles, you have to buy the game + Gold/Plus/Nintendo Online sub.
Yeah, I agree. I think $11.99 is a good price. You get 4K streaming and a library of games to play. It's just that I'll never use it due to data caps. It's just a shame that they free 1080p sub won't be available until 2020.
IMO, for Stadia to succeed they need to market it as a complement to consoles/PC...just another way to play your games instead of a direct competitor. This is appealing to those that want to play their games remotely. I hope more games follow the Destiny 2 route and offer cross-saves. Also, I'll never buy a game off the stadia store since it won't be my primary way to play games, but I would if the stadia version also unlocked a copy of the game I can download and play on my console/PC along with cross-save.
This pricing scheme can be pretty good depending on one important detail.
If I buy a game through google's store is that copy only playable on Stadia servers or can I play it on a PC, xbox, ps4, switch after I download it?
If I can choose which platform it works on then I'm essentially subbing so I can play my games anywhere that is much cheaper than Nvidia's solution and has a reach beyond my home unlike Valve's solution.
If I buy a game through google's store is that copy only playable on Stadia servers or can I play it on a PC, xbox, ps4, switch after I download it?
If I can choose which platform it works on then I'm essentially subbing so I can play my games anywhere that is much cheaper than Nvidia's solution and has a reach beyond my home unlike Valve's solution.
Google better show some amazing exclusives today to draw people into the ecosystem. Otherwise, I don't know...
This leak has to be fake. Or it an official leak to gauge the response as the juggle between plan a and plan b.
I don't know if others have clarified it for you, but i get the impression that they are separate things. The sub is for junky old games like Destiny 2, you pay full price for non-sub games that you can keep and play regardless of the subscription.
Of course you still need to buy hardware in top of it all.
The next Xbox will launch with original Xbox games, 360 games and all Xbox One games.
It's a fair comparison if Google Stadia were launching 6 years ago
It's not like Netflix at all. If Netflix had you pay big money just to turn it on, then the usual subscription fee and then actually buy each film separately, there wouldn't be a Netflix. I don't see how your analogy to films in the cinemas fits with what's being discussed here.
Besides, a lot of people (mostly) watch Netflix for their own content and licensed TV shows, myself included.
correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like you'd still need a Google device even in 2020. so no iPhone, yeah?
also, I sure hope they're going to announce some new games that weren't mentioned in this article
I love that idea. Buying a full price game for PC/Xbox/PS4 whatever, having a Stadia code thrown in. Movies on disc sometimes do that, they give you a code to get it on a VOD service also.
Streaming would be an attractive proposition if it ended up being significantly cheaper than buying physical, but now you're telling me I need a subscription PLUS buying full-priced games PLUS exploding my ISP monthly fees to have enough bandwidth speed and cap to cope? Yeah, no. Better luck next time, Google!
You have to buy the game and can stream for free.
So you buy the game, but the hardware and service to stream the game will be free (If you buy the game on Google Stadia) platform.
If you buy a game on Xbox, you can stream it for free via xCloud. That would be the equivalent.
I won't judge the service until end of 2020.
I am too haha
Though I'll be honest, 35~ something games is very low for something like this.
This does sound DoA to me, if true of course, especially when we have no idea on exclusives. I think I'll stick to Game Pass + xCloud (when it comes out).
Older games will keep it from competing with an already established market. I guess you can say that Game Streaming is seperate, but I think XCloud and PSNow will be ahead in this category too.
That was always the case, since the first reveal. PC with Chrome, TV with Chromecast, or Google device. I'm sure they'll expand if it's a hit (big if), but for now that's it.
As expect when it came to new games .
Did people really think 3rd parties would have there new games for $12 a month right away .
This is going to need to some price wise IMO.
Did people really think 3rd parties would have there new games for $12 a month right away .
This is going to need to some price wise IMO.
I mean, assuming this would work well enough, I can see a ton of parents buying subscriptions for their kids.
But if the part of the story where they say that older games will be included in the Pro sub, and you only have to buy new games, thats exactly like Netflix.
Also, this is a leak and may not be the whole story. They do have a 1st party setup, not sure how far along they are at the moment though. They will put out there own stuff, that I would might be included with the Pro sub day 1. If that happens, then this is precisely like Netflix. Or as someone said earlier, like early days netflix before they started getting their own productions on the service.
I don't own anything I buy on Netflix, Amazon Prime and I'm ok with that. This is no different.
That hardware part: People already have TVs, phones, laptos etc it says it requires Chromecast at launch in order to work but sometime in 2020 it'll work as they have demonstrated, just internet and a TV, phone or laptop. The initial entry price in order to use it at launch isn't bad at all. For people that don't get this at launch and get it down the road, I see no reason to complain. This is the price of Netflix but for games, games that have been out for some time and if you want to experience the latest and greatest buy it, just like you would go to the theater to experience the latest and greatest along with your popcorn, candy and Coke.
I honestly see no reason to bitch about this. Mom and pop will buy into this, hardcore gamers (a smaller fraction of the pie) may be nitpicky but I'm seeing it from a logical point of view.
It's streaming therefore it should be free, right? Let me remind you that in Japan you pay Resi7 for Switch full price to stream it for two years.
It won't be other than for casuals. Getting new content will be tough because none of the third party AAA publishers want to break their content down like that and give it to someone else. If they can get hundreds of older titles then they are just competing with Plus and whatever xCloud will offer minus 1st party.
The only way I see Google doing well with this is on pricing and by making it accessible. $169 is not accessible enough. We will have to see what xCloud is first.
Not in (yet).
The business model is what I expected, makes sense and the price seems alright.
But the restriction to a Chromecast (if true) kills any interest I had in Stadia for now. The whole appeal to me was platform agnostic AAA games in up to 4k. Maybe in 2020. But by then, MS and Sony will almost certainly have unveiled and maybe even released their services and I don't see myself choosing Google if those other two offer comparable services.
The business model is what I expected, makes sense and the price seems alright.
But the restriction to a Chromecast (if true) kills any interest I had in Stadia for now. The whole appeal to me was platform agnostic AAA games in up to 4k. Maybe in 2020. But by then, MS and Sony will almost certainly have unveiled and maybe even released their services and I don't see myself choosing Google if those other two offer comparable services.
