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Google Stadia requires $130 upfront, $10 per month at November launch

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This headline is misleading.

The $130 is for the "Founders Edition", which is an early access with additional hardware (controller + 4k chromecast).

The $10 a month is for 4k access (instead of the default 1080p) and free games (ala Xbox live gold).

You may use an existing controller (or keyboard/mouse) connected to a PC if you want.

Without the subscription, games access is by-purchase (like steam).

Without the $10 subscription you have to buy each game and it runs on 1080p?

I think that's the implication.

Earlier they had demos of YouTube integration, so i imagine they would have demo's or some way to play before buying (?)

The title is sort of misleading. Stadia Founder's Edition is $129 for 2 three month subscriptions (one for a friend I guess?), a Stadia controller, and a Chromecast Ultra.

Stadia Pro, what they're calling their subscription model, is $10/month which is independent of everything else and all you technically need to play games on Stadia using your Chrome browser, phone, etc.

First reaction to headline was WTF, but given that it includes hardware that seems reasonable.

Not particularly pleased about monthly fee AND a la carte per game though. Imagine if netflix did that...there would be a riot.

Amazon does this. There are many shows and movies that are included with Amazon Prime but there are others that you need to purchase.

Fair point, but I think scale of the problem matters. That info sounds like the monthly fee will include ONE game - Destiny 2.

That's tangibly different from Amazon's mixed models. Especially since I get Amazon prime for the shipping...the movies are just nice to haves.

Which means the 10 USD is effectively a hardware rental fee only. And Google becomes a game distrib platform and eats Steam's lunch.

Considering Steam is full of people who will notice the latency of something like this, I doubt Steam is worried at all.

I'm no MLG tryhard, but I notice the latency when playing my Xbox One X across my local 1Gb network. I wouldn't want to have that be my daily experience.

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