Google is offering 2 months of Stadia Pro for free

chrisrlink · Apr 10, 2020

update I managed to squeeze out 32Mbps by changing settings in my ethernet driver settings the main one i can think of is change speed and duplex to 100M and full duplex this forces the higher setting for data transfer do this instead of auto negotiate i noticed a huge difference and so did google from 1mbps to 32mbps (and that 1mbps was with all my wifi electronics off the network)

kumikochan · Apr 10, 2020

Not gonna pay for stadia or geforce now but i must say even with a +100mbps connection geforce now looks like utter shit compared to stadia. Probably has to do with Nvidia not investing enough in European servers but i do see stadia visually looking way better compared to geforce now wich is a blocky mess for me. Either way won't pay for either of them

Deleted User · Apr 10, 2020

smilodon said:
Streaming services are the future, but Google missed the mark and got too much bad PR for this too be viable.

haha no

GbaNober · Apr 10, 2020

we need to conquer the galaxy first before they offer this type of service or Not

matpower · Apr 10, 2020

FAST6191 said:
(a means of preventing people owning games, though I find it particularly amusing that they will run off and cuddle up to Steam as though it has done no wrong but hey)

As long as we have access to files, no DRM is unbreakable. Steam itself can be DRM-free and their "DRM" is so shitty there are like 5 Steamworks emulators. If Steam suddenly drops off the Earth, I can keep my games, unlike Stadia.

Plus, there's always GOG or Itch for those games you want to make sure to keep without having to use cracks or something.

FAST6191 · Apr 10, 2020

matpower said:
As long as we have access to files, no DRM is unbreakable. Steam itself can be DRM-free and their "DRM" is so shitty there are like 5 Steamworks emulators. If Steam suddenly drops off the Earth, I can keep my games, unlike Stadia.

Plus, there's always GOG or Itch for those games you want to make sure to keep without having to use cracks or something.

Access might be the key word there. There are a few games that stored parts of the game executable on a remote network.

That said we have also seen very big companies shutter DRM services before ( https://www.npr.org/2019/07/07/7393...rary-erasing-all-user-content?t=1586541369654 , https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/yahoo_announces_death_of_drm_servers/ ) and the way most private companies like Valve fall over means I can't take any promises as more than a nice idea.

None of this also covers their reluctance to allow me to resell (or in my case buy those from others) games either. Or them playing censor.

plorthos · Apr 10, 2020

Stadia's a unique gaming experience, no other platform can produce images that looks like this.

matpower · Apr 10, 2020

FAST6191 said:
Access might be the key word there. There are a few games that stored parts of the game executable on a remote network.

That said we have also seen very big companies shutter DRM services before ( https://www.npr.org/2019/07/07/7393...rary-erasing-all-user-content?t=1586541369654 , https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/yahoo_announces_death_of_drm_servers/ ) and the way most private companies like Valve fall over means I can't take any promises as more than a nice idea.

None of this also covers their reluctance to allow me to resell (or in my case buy those from others) games either. Or them playing censor.

Could you give some example of game executables that need remote network to fully work? I'm quite curious to know if there is any workarounds for those.

Either way, I am not expecting Valve to keep their promise of "in case we die, we'll make sure you can keep your games", I'm expecting people to just crack the game they already have. And yeah, digital reselling should be a thing but I didn't bat an eye to that as I dislike to sell my games. For the censor thing, I'm glad we can get those from other stores or patch it back, it's an advantage over consoles who are locked to a single store and not modifiable without hacking.

lordelan · Apr 11, 2020

Alright since it was for free I did test it yesterday and I must say I'm impressed.
I played Destiny 2 and GRID in Google Chrome (Windows 10) and apart from 1 - 2 seconds of blurry graphics every 5 minutes it went very well and looked very good. Especially Destiny 2 surprised me being an action shooter.
I would never play something like Counter Strike via stream I guess but I had fun for 2 hours yesterday.

Nonetheless I won't pay for Stadia PRO nor will I buy any games there. As soon as the two free months end I'm out as well.

I don't see why I should buy games in another service while I could play those I already bought in Geforce Now or Shadow, especially since it's hard to impossible to get my savegames from there.
In other words: If Stadia is being nuked by Google, not only my "owned" games are gone but my savegames are too (which to me is even worse).

Was just curious about how well it works inside Google Chrome and I wish Geforce Now would offer that as well instead of having to install a native app.
The fact that we don't need anything else but Chrome for Stadia is pretty neat, I have to admit.

FAST6191 · Apr 11, 2020

matpower said:
Could you give some example of game executables that need remote network to fully work? I'm quite curious to know if there is any workarounds for those.

Either way, I am not expecting Valve to keep their promise of "in case we die, we'll make sure you can keep your games", I'm expecting people to just crack the game they already have. And yeah, digital reselling should be a thing but I didn't bat an eye to that as I dislike to sell my games. For the censor thing, I'm glad we can get those from other stores or patch it back, it's an advantage over consoles who are locked to a single store and not modifiable without hacking.

I can't remember offhand which it was and have not properly investigated it (PC game cracking is not something I am terribly invested in compared to the handhelds and home consoles). Was watching a video on DRM and it was some driving game.

As for advantage there were free and open devices that were not the PC, indeed numerically speaking the closed off devices of Nintendo, Sony, Sega and MS might still be the minority. Valve's quasi monopoly status also makes me pause -- not being on Steam is a bit like not being on Amazon in that while it is technically not a block on sales... any loan, business analyst or the like will treat it as one.

the_randomizer · Apr 11, 2020

I paid for games, I shouldn't have to pay for them twice, bye, Stadia.

pcwizard7 · Apr 11, 2020

yea this isn't really made for gamers since gamers would have brought the games already. now they have set up their own studios to make their own 1st party games but would u signup just for those?

we probably won't see anything until 2-4 years away as they just started.

Pacheko17 · Apr 11, 2020

DANTENDO said:
Bloody hel lol It's for people with pcs tht are from the gamecube era

Geforce Now is way better dude, there's no reason to use Stadia.
I stream my games from my PC in my room to my laptop anywhere around the house when I need portability too, so I understand the need for some streaming.

Gon Freecss · Apr 11, 2020

Nothing Google offers is "free", usually you end up paying with your private data, just like Facebook.

LiveMChief · Apr 11, 2020

Not surprising at all due no one really caring for Stadia but hey, nice of them to offer it at all I guess. I personally wouldn't use it.

Deleted User · Apr 11, 2020

lmao managed to get this running on a switch running android...

codezer0 · Apr 11, 2020

What's the point if it still makes you buy the games that they have no plan of letting you keep? Even Valve has a failover if Steam is to ever go sayonara, but Google doesn't even have the foresight to plan for that eventuality in their case.

Xabring · Apr 12, 2020

Shame that it doesn't work on my country...O well, let's keep playing with Nvidia I guess.

pcwizard7 · Apr 12, 2020

Xabring said:
Shame that it doesn't work on my country...O well, let's keep playing with Nvidia I guess.

geforce now works anywhere once you signed ip

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I would never use a stadia. Not even for free.

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