Google Stadia release, pricing and games announced

SkittleDash · Jun 6, 2019

A free trial would be nice... You know... To see if it works well with you.

Dominator211 · Jun 6, 2019

I really don't know how i feel about game streaming still too much that can go wrong

x65943 · Jun 6, 2019

If they consistently add new games to the platform $10/month is very reasonable.

I am a little skeptical that the service will have newer games - I think we are gonna get more of a Netflix scenario with older outdated games flooding the platform.

D34DL1N3R · Jun 6, 2019

Misleading information from Google spreading like wildfire. The only "free" game available at launch is going to be Destiny 2. The others will have to purchased separately, in addition to the subscription price. Per the official Stadia site.

CoolStarDood · Jun 6, 2019

If anyone could get game streaming to work well, it would be google.

Still, not super sure this is gonna work.

tech3475 · Jun 6, 2019

I think I'll just stick with traditional methods for now.

I wouldn't want to invest in a platform like this for the usual game streaming reasons, especially Google who are known to drop stuff.

That said, I think now is the best time to launch such a service since with the next gen systems coming up, this could potentially be the cheapest console-like entry into the next gen.

Rabbid4240 · Jun 6, 2019

Hmm, you guys got Mario? No? Sonic? No? Mega Man? No? Input Lag? N-- Oh you do?

Condarkness_XY · Jun 6, 2019

Have never been a fan of streaming services. So I'll skip this one and head to what ever doesn't stream.

x65943 · Jun 6, 2019

tech3475 said:
I think I'll just stick with traditional methods for now.

I wouldn't want to invest in a platform like this for the usual game streaming reasons, especially Google who are known to drop stuff.

That said, I think now is the best time to launch such a service since with the next gen systems coming up, this could potentially be the cheapest console-like entry into the next gen.

Well, considering you don't need to buy the controller at all, and can play with mouse/keyboard or your own controller - the platform has no cost other than $10/month to start.

WAUthethird · Jun 6, 2019

Kinda silly they make "no waiting for downloads" a selling point, when the speeds required make waiting for downloads much less tedious.

D34DL1N3R · Jun 6, 2019

x65943 said:
Well, considering you don't need to buy the controller at all, and can play with mouse/keyboard or your own controller - the platform has no cost other than $10/month to start.

To start, yes. But as was pointed out - you'll still need to pay for the majority of new games separately. Unless you only want to play Destiny 2 for an undermined amount of time until they add more than one "free" game. And who knows what the next one will be. All of those 25 titles but one need to be purchased separately from the subscription.

Edit: Don't want to be confusing people with "to start". Some people may see that and think all of those games are included "to start".

WAUthethird · Jun 6, 2019

D34DL1N3R said:
To start, yes. But as was pointed out - you'll still need to pay for the majority of new games separately. Unless you only want to play Destiny 2 for an undermined amount of time until they add more than one "free" game. And who knows what the next one will be. All of those 25 titles but one need to be purchased separately from the subscription.

Yes. If I were to ever invest in this platform, I'd just buy the games separately - no need for 4K surround.

D34DL1N3R · Jun 6, 2019

WAUthethird said:
Yes. If I were to ever invest in this platform, I'd just buy the games separately - no need for 4K surround.

If I were to invest, I would only do it because surround IS included if you have the required speeds. 4K, even though my TV is 4K, HDR10, Dolby Vision capable... I really don't care much about 4K gaming. I can't watch movies that only have 2 channel audio either (unless they were only ever released with 2 channel audio). A good portion of the experience and immersion for me is 5.1+ channel audio.

Mythical · Jun 6, 2019

That 60 fps though. You can stream at much better fps before hitting 4k resolutions. I stream at 120 for instance

D34DL1N3R · Jun 6, 2019

MythicalData said:
That 60 fps though. You can stream at much better fps before hitting 4k resolutions. I stream at 120 for instance

As much as most people will disagree, I really don't like much above 60-80fps. It makes everything look/feel (imo) the same as the "soap opera effect" when people turn on the stupid motion enhancement feature on their television when watching movies/tv. But I do completely understand your point regardless.

Clydefrosch · Jun 6, 2019

...why can't you let me decide at what resolution i want to play?
dynamic is going to be so annoying, it's constantly gonna wobble up and down :/

tech3475 · Jun 6, 2019

x65943 said:
Well, considering you don't need to buy the controller at all, and can play with mouse/keyboard or your own controller - the platform has no cost other than $10/month to start.

For now you need the starter pack and even when that requirement drops, I can still see it being a common option since not everyone may want to rely on a computer for e.g. TV.

That said, I do think they need to spread the usable devices rapidly, similar to how Steam is on Samsung TVs.

Godofcheese · Jun 6, 2019

Good luck playing Mortal Kombat haha

They still haven't said anything about latency and input lag
But I doubt it will be good enough for fighting games.

tiamat999 · Jun 6, 2019

Well isn't the main purpose for single player games and campaigns so you can still have fun with no internet

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